Amazon Linux 2 : (ALAS-2023-1921)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171053

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1921 advisory.

- A vulnerability found in udisks2. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted image file/USB leading to kernel panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
(CVE-2021-3802)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

pkg_manager = 'yum'Run ' update udisks2' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1921.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3802.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171053

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1921.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2023

Updated: 9/5/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3802

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libudisks2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libudisks2-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:udisks2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:udisks2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:udisks2-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:udisks2-lsm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:udisks2-lvm2, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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: 1/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3802