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Amazon Linux 2 : chrony (ALAS-2021-1575)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144806

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of chrony installed on the remote host is prior to 3.5.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1575 advisory.

 A flaw was found in chrony when creating the PID file under the /var/run/chrony folder. The file is created during chronyd startup while still running as the root user, and when it's opened for writing, chronyd does not check for an existing symbolic link with the same file name. This flaw allows an attacker with privileged access to create a symlink with the default PID file name pointing to any destination file in the system, resulting in data loss and a denial of service due to the path traversal. (CVE-2020-14367)

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 chrony' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1575.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14367

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144806

File Name: al2_ALAS-2021-1575.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/8/2021

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14367

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14367

ALAS: 2021-1575