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)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165988

File Name: ala_ALAS-2022-1637.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/10/2022

Updated: 11/29/2022

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

Detections

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