Amazon Linux AMI : openvpn (ALAS-2023-1719)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 173935

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of openvpn installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.12-1.43. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1719 advisory.

- OpenVPN 2.1 until v2.4.12 and v2.5.6 may enable authentication bypass in external authentication plug-ins when more than one of them makes use of deferred authentication replies, which allows an external user to be granted access with only partially correct credentials. (CVE-2022-0547)

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 openvpn' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 173935

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1719.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/6/2023

Updated: 4/6/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0547

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:openvpn-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openvpn, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openvpn-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: 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0547

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