Amazon Linux 2 : bzip2 (ALAS-2021-1652)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 150973

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of bzip2 installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.6-13. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1652 advisory.

BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors. (CVE-2019-12900)

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 bzip2' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 150973

File Name: al2_ALAS-2021-1652.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/23/2021

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12900

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:bzip2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bzip2-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bzip2-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bzip2-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: 6/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12900

ALAS: 2021-1652

IAVA: 2020-A-0482

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