Amazon Linux 2 : libplist (ALAS-2023-2067)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 176709

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of libplist installed on the remote host is prior to 1.12-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2067 advisory.

- A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in UIKit0 libplist 1.12. This affects the function plist_from_xml of the file src/xplist.c of the component XML Handler. The manipulation leads to xml external entity reference. The name of the patch is c086cb139af7c82845f6d565e636073ff4b37440. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221499. (CVE-2015-10082)

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 libplist' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 176709

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2067.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 6/5/2023

Updated: 6/5/2023

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-2015-10082

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:libplist-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libplist-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libplist, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libplist-python

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-10082

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