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Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-173)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 167029

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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 ALAS2022-2022-173 advisory.

 - An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the CLARRV, DLARRV, SLARRV, and ZLARRV functions in lapack through version 3.10.0, as also used in OpenBLAS before version 0.3.18. Specially crafted inputs passed to these functions could cause an application using lapack to crash or possibly disclose portions of its memory.
 (CVE-2021-4048)

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

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-173.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-4048.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 167029

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-173.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/5/2022

Updated: 11/5/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4048

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:blas-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:lapack-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:lapack64_, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:lapack64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:blas, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:lapack-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:blas64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:blas-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:blas64_, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:lapack

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: 12/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4048