Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2022-1576)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 159562

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of glibc installed on the remote host is prior to 2.17-324.189. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1576 advisory.

A stack based buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in the deprecated compatibility function svcunix_create() in the sunrpc's svc_unix.c module of the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34. This vulnerability copies its path argument onto the stack without validating its length, which may result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in a denial of service or (if an application is not built with a stack protector enabled) then it will lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2022-23218)

A stack based buffer-overflow vulnerability was found in the deprecated compatibility function clnt_create() in the sunrpc's clnt_gen.c module of the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.34. This vulnerability copies its hostname argument onto the stack without validating its length, which may result in a buffer overflow, potentially resulting in a denial of service or (if an application is not built with a stack protector enabled) lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2022-23219)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update glibc' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 159562

File Name: ala_ALAS-2022-1576.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/6/2022

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: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23219

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-debuginfo-common, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nscd

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: 4/4/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23218, CVE-2022-23219

ALAS: 2022-1576

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