Amazon Linux 2 : apache-ivy (ALAS-2023-2165)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178826

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of apache-ivy installed on the remote host is prior to 2.3.0-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2165 advisory.

When Apache Ivy downloads artifacts from a repository it stores them in the local file system based on a user-supplied pattern that may include placeholders for artifacts coordinates like the organisation, module or version. If said coordinates contain ../ sequences - which are valid characters for Ivy coordinates in general - it is possible the artifacts are stored outside of Ivy's local cache or repository or can overwrite different artifacts inside of the local cache. In order to exploit this vulnerability an attacker needs collaboration by the remote repository as Ivy will issue http requests containing .. sequences and a normal repository will not interpret them as part of the artifact coordinates. Users of Apache Ivy 2.0.0 to 2.5.1 should upgrade to Ivy 2.5.1. (CVE-2022-37866)

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 apache-ivy' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178826

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2165.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/26/2023

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37866

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apache-ivy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:apache-ivy-javadoc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37866

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