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Amazon Linux 2 : blktrace (ALAS-2019-1320)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 130217

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Synopsis

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

Description

blktrace (aka Block IO Tracing) 1.2.0, as used with the Linux kernel and Android, has a buffer overflow in the dev_map_read function in btt/devmap.c because the device and devno arrays are too small, as demonstrated by an invalid free when using the btt program with a crafted file.(CVE-2018-10689)

Solution

Run 'yum update blktrace' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1320.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 130217

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1320.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2019

Updated: 4/17/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10689

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:blktrace-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:blktrace

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10689

ALAS: 2019-1320