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Amazon Linux 2 : ibus (ALAS-2020-1555)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142725

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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 ALAS2-2020-1555 advisory.

 - A flaw was discovered in ibus in versions before 1.5.22 that allows any unprivileged user to monitor and send method calls to the ibus bus of another user due to a misconfiguration in the DBus server setup. A local attacker may use this flaw to intercept all keystrokes of a victim user who is using the graphical interface, change the input method engine, or modify other input related configurations of the victim user. (CVE-2019-14822)

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 ibus' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1555.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14822

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142725

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1555.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2020

Updated: 11/11/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14822

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ibus-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ibus-setup, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ibus-pygtk2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ibus, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ibus-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ibus-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ibus-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ibus-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ibus-gtk3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14822

ALAS: 2020-1555