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Amazon Linux 2 : sssd (ALAS-2023-1995)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173238

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of sssd installed on the remote host is prior to 1.16.5-10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1995 advisory.

 - sssd: libsss_certmap fails to sanitise certificate data used in LDAP filters (CVE-2022-4254)

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 sssd' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1995.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-4254.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173238

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1995.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2023

Updated: 4/20/2023

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: 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-2022-4254

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:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsss_sudo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-sss, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsss_autofs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sssd-libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libsss_nss_idmap

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: 3/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4254