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Amazon Linux 2 : cpio (ALAS-2020-1505)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141939

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of cpio installed on the remote host is prior to 2.11-28. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1505 advisory.

 It was discovered cpio does not properly validate input files when generating TAR archives. When cpio is used to create TAR archives from paths an attacker can write to, the resulting archive may contain files with permissions the attacker did not have or in paths he did not have access to. Extracting those archives from a high-privilege user without carefully reviewing them may lead to the compromise of the system. (CVE-2019-14866)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update cpio' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1505.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14866

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141939

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1505.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/27/2020

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14866

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 10/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14866

ALAS: 2020-1505