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Amazon Linux 2 : krb5 (ALAS-2023-1915)
high Nessus Plugin ID 170443
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1915 advisory.Integer overflow vulnerabilities in PAC parsing (CVE-2022-42898)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
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 krb5' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 170443
File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1915.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 1/24/2023
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42898
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:krb5-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:krb5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libkadm5, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:krb5-workstation, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:krb5-server-ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:krb5-libs
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: 1/18/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-42898