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

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-42012.html

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42010, CVE-2022-42011, CVE-2022-42012