Amazon Linux 2 : aws-kinesis-agent (ALAS-2021-1733)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 156263

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of aws-kinesis-agent installed on the remote host is prior to 2.0.5-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1733 advisory.

- Apache Log4j2 versions 2.0-alpha1 through 2.16.0 (excluding 2.12.3) did not protect from uncontrolled recursion from self-referential lookups. This allows an attacker with control over Thread Context Map data to cause a denial of service when a crafted string is interpreted. This issue was fixed in Log4j 2.17.0 and 2.12.3. (CVE-2021-45105)

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 aws-kinesis-agent' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1733.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-45105.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 156263

File Name: al2_ALAS-2021-1733.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/23/2021

Updated: 2/14/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45105

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:aws-kinesis-agent, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45105

ALAS: 2021-1733

IAVA: 2021-A-0573