Amazon Linux 2 : glib2 (ALAS-2023-2058)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 176699

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of glib2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.56.1-9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2058 advisory.

- A flaw was found in glib before version 2.63.6. Due to random charset alias, pkexec can leak content from files owned by privileged users to unprivileged ones under the right condition. (CVE-2021-3800)

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 glib2' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2058.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3800.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 176699

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2058.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2023

Updated: 6/6/2023

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: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3800

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glib2-tests, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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: 5/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3800