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Amazon Linux 2 : elfutils (ALAS-2023-2197)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179778

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of elfutils installed on the remote host is prior to 0.176-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2197 advisory.

 In elfutils 0.183, an infinite loop was found in the function handle_symtab in readelf.c .Which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted file. (CVE-2021-33294)

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 elfutils' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2197.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-33294.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179778

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2197.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-33294

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:elfutils-libelf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-libelf-devel-static, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-default-yama-scope, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-devel

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: 8/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33294