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Amazon Linux 2 : plexus-archiver (ALAS-2018-1043)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 110782

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

A path traversal vulnerability has been discovered in plexus-archiver when extracting a carefully crafted zip file which holds path traversal file names. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to write files outside the target directory and overwrite existing files with malicious code or vulnerable configurations.(CVE-2018-1002200)

Solution

Run 'yum update plexus-archiver' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2018-1043.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 110782

File Name: al2_ALAS-2018-1043.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/29/2018

Updated: 9/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1002200

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:plexus-archiver-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:plexus-archiver, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1002200

ALAS: 2018-1043