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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 tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1527 advisory.

 - libosinfo 1.5.0 allows local users to discover credentials by listing a process, because credentials are passed to osinfo-install-script via the command line. (CVE-2019-13313)

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: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/28/2020

Updated: 10/28/2020

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