Amazon Linux AMI : ca-certificates (ALAS-2023-1795)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 179792

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of ca-certificates installed on the remote host is prior to 2018.2.22-65.1.30. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1795 advisory.

An initial fix in Amazon Linux ca-certificates package relating to CVE-2022-23491 did not properly remove root certificates from TrustCor from the root store. (CVE-2023-32803)

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 ca-certificates' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 179792

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1795.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

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: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32803

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ca-certificates

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32803

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