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Amazon Linux AMI : libapreq2 (ALAS-2022-1637)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165988

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of libapreq2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.13-38.3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1637 advisory.

 A flaw in Apache libapreq2 versions 2.16 and earlier could cause a buffer overflow while processing multipart form uploads. A remote attacker could send a request causing a process crash which could lead to a denial of service attack. (CVE-2022-22728)

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 libapreq2' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1637.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-22728.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165988

File Name: ala_ALAS-2022-1637.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/10/2022

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: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22728

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libapreq2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libapreq2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-libapreq2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libapreq2-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libapreq2-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22728