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Amazon Linux AMI : c-ares (ALAS-2023-1780)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178499

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of c-ares installed on the remote host is prior to 1.17.2-1.10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1780 advisory.

 A flaw was found in the c-ares package. The ares_set_sortlist is missing checks about the validity of the input string, which allows a possible arbitrary length stack overflow. This issue may cause a denial of service or a limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2022-4904)

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 c-ares' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1780.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-4904.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178499

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1780.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2023

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: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4904

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.6

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:c-ares, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:c-ares-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:c-ares-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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: 7/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4904