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Amazon Linux 2022 : keepalived (ALAS2022-2022-038)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 165632
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2022 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-038 advisory.A flaw was found in keepalived, where an improper authentication vulnerability allows an unprivileged user to change properties that could lead to an access-control bypass. (CVE-2021-44225)
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 'dnf update --releasever=2022.0.20220308 keepalived' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 165632
File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-038.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 10/3/2022
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44225
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:keepalived-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:keepalived, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:keepalived-debugsource
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/7/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/26/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-44225