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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)

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 libplist' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2067.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2015-10082.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 176709

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2067.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2023

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-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