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Amazon Linux 2022 : e2fsprogs (ALAS2022-2022-228)

high Nessus Plugin ID 168559

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of e2fsprogs installed on the remote host is prior to 1.46.5-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-228 advisory.

 - An out-of-bounds read/write vulnerability was found in e2fsprogs 1.46.5. This issue leads to a segmentation fault and possibly arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted filesystem.
 (CVE-2022-1304)

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 e2fsprogs' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-228.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1304.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 168559

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-228.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2022

Updated: 12/9/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1304

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:e2fsprogs-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:e2fsprogs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libss, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcom_err-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:e2fsprogs-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:e2fsprogs-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:e2scrub, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcom_err-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libss-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:e2fsprogs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcom_err, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:e2fsprogs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:e2fsprogs-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libss-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1304