Amazon Linux 2 : libksba (ALAS-2023-2041)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 175971

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of libksba installed on the remote host is prior to 1.3.0-6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2041 advisory.

Libksba before 1.6.3 is prone to an integer overflow vulnerability in the CRL signature parser.
(CVE-2022-47629)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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 libksba' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 175971

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2041.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/17/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-47629

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:libksba, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libksba-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libksba-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: 5/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-47629

IAVA: 2023-A-0072

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