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Amazon Linux AMI : dbus (ALAS-2023-1730)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 174618
Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
The version of dbus installed on the remote host is prior to 1.6.12-14.31. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1730 advisory.- An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash when receiving a message with certain invalid type signatures. (CVE-2022-42010)
- An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash when receiving a message where an array length is inconsistent with the size of the element type.
(CVE-2022-42011)
- An issue was discovered in D-Bus before 1.12.24, 1.13.x and 1.14.x before 1.14.4, and 1.15.x before 1.15.2. An authenticated attacker can cause dbus-daemon and other programs that use libdbus to crash by sending a message with attached file descriptors in an unexpected format. (CVE-2022-42012)
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 dbus' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1730.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-42010.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-42011.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 174618
File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1730.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 4/21/2023
Updated: 4/24/2023
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: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42012
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:dbus, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dbus-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dbus-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dbus-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dbus-libs, cpe:/o:amazon:linux
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: 4/13/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2022