Amazon Linux 2 : rclone (ALAS-2023-2143)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178522

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of rclone installed on the remote host is prior to 1.55.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2143 advisory.

- A maliciously crafted HTTP/2 stream could cause excessive CPU consumption in the HPACK decoder, sufficient to cause a denial of service from a small number of small requests. (CVE-2022-41723)

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 rclone' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178522

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2143.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41723

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rclone, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rclone-debuginfo

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: 7/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41723

IAVB: 2023-B-0012-S

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