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Amazon Linux 2 : libosinfo (ALAS-2020-1527)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141983

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of libosinfo installed on the remote host is prior to 1.1.0-5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1527 advisory.

 A flaw was found in libosinfo, version 1.5.0, where the script for automated guest installations, 'osinfo- install-script', accepts user and admin passwords via command line arguments. This could allow guest passwords to leak to other system users via a process listing. (CVE-2019-13313)

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 libosinfo' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1527.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13313

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141983

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1527.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2020

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13313

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libosinfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libosinfo-vala, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libosinfo-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libosinfo-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13313

ALAS: 2020-1527