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Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-186)

high Nessus Plugin ID 166996

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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 ALAS2022-2022-186 advisory.

 - A format string vulnerability was found in libinput (CVE-2022-1215)

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 libinput --releasever=2022.0.20221102' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-186.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1215.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 166996

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-186.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/4/2022

Updated: 11/4/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1215

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libinput-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libinput-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libinput-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libinput-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libinput, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libinput-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libinput-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libinput-test-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1215