Amazon Linux 2022 : openssl, openssl-devel, openssl-libs (ALAS2022-2022-157)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166782

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2022 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-157 advisory.

Two issues were found in OpenSSL 3.0. The first being a stack based buffer overflow, which is possible by sending an X.509 certificate with a specially crafted email address field. In the binaries provided in Amazon Linux 2022, this is restricted to overwriting bytes that are not referenced later in code execution (CVE-2022-3602). The second being a buffer overrun which can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification, and is restricted to CA signed certificates or applications continuing to proceed after failed validation (CVE-2022-3786). The potential impact from CVE-2022-3786 as present in Amazon Linux 2022 is to availability.

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 'dnf update openssl --releasever=2022.0.20221101' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166782

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-157.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/2/2022

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: 4.4

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-2022-3786

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:openssl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-perl, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssl-libs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/27/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3602, CVE-2022-3786

IAVA: 2022-A-0452-S

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