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Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-161)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167011

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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 ALAS2022-2022-161 advisory.

 - CPAN 2.28 allows Signature Verification Bypass. (CVE-2020-16156)

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 perl-CPAN --releasever=2022.0.20221102' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-161.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-16156.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167011

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-161.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/4/2022

Updated: 10/5/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16156

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-cpan, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-cpan-tests

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: 11/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16156