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Amazon Linux 2 : aide (ALAS-2022-1850)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165998

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of aide installed on the remote host is prior to 0.16.2-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1850 advisory.

 - AIDE before 0.17.4 allows local users to obtain root privileges via crafted file metadata (such as XFS extended attributes or tmpfs ACLs), because of a heap-based buffer overflow. (CVE-2021-45417)

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 aide' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2022-1850.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-45417.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165998

File Name: al2_ALAS-2022-1850.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2022

Updated: 10/10/2023

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45417

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:aide-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:aide

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: 9/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45417