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Amazon Linux 2 : rsyslog (ALAS-2019-1369)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131238

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Synopsis

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

Description

A denial of service vulnerability was found in rsyslog in the imptcp module. An attacker could send a specially crafted message to the imptcp socket, which would cause rsyslog to crash.(CVE-2018-16881)

Solution

Run 'yum update rsyslog' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1369.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131238

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1369.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2019

Updated: 4/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-crypto, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-kafka, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-libdbi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-mmaudit, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-mmjsonparse, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-mmkubernetes, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-relp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rsyslog-udpspoof, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16881

ALAS: 2019-1369