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Amazon Linux 2 : ipa (ALAS-2023-2149)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178496

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Synopsis

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

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2149 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in the way Samba, as an Active Directory Domain Controller, implemented Kerberos name- based authentication. The Samba AD DC, could become confused about the user a ticket represents if it did not strictly require a Kerberos PAC and always use the SIDs found within. The result could include total domain compromise. (CVE-2020-25719)

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 ipa' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2149.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-25719.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178496

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2149.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2023

Updated: 7/20/2023

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: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25719

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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:ipa-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-client-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-python-compat, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25719