Amazon Linux 2 : nasm (ALAS-2023-2029)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175017

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of nasm installed on the remote host is prior to 2.15.03-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2029 advisory.

- NASM v2.16 was discovered to contain a heap buffer overflow in the component quote_for_pmake() asm/nasm.c:856 (CVE-2022-44370)

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 nasm' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175017

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2029.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/2/2023

Updated: 5/3/2023

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: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-44370

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:nasm-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nasm-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nasm-rdoff, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nasm

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: 4/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-44370

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