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Amazon Linux AMI : log4j (ALAS-2023-1718)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 173936
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
The version of log4j installed on the remote host is prior to 1.2.17-16.14. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1718 advisory.A flaw was found in the Java logging library Apache Log4j in version 1.x. JMSSink in Log4j 1.x is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data. This allows a remote attacker to execute code on the server if JMSSink is deployed and has been configured to perform JNDI requests. (CVE-2022-23302)
A flaw was found in the Java logging library Apache Log4j in version 1.x. JDBCAppender in Log4j 1.x is vulnerable to SQL injection in untrusted data. This allows a remote attacker to run SQL statements in the database if the deployed application is configured to use JDBCAppender with certain interpolation tokens.
(CVE-2022-23305)
A flaw was found in the log4j 1.x chainsaw component, where the contents of certain log entries are deserialized and possibly permit code execution. This flaw allows an attacker to send a malicious request with serialized data to the server to be deserialized when the chainsaw component is run. (CVE-2022-23307)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update log4j' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1718.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-23302.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-23305.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 173936
File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1718.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 4/6/2023
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-2022-23307
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23305
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:log4j-javadoc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:log4j-manual, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:log4j
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: 3/30/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2022