Amazon Linux AMI : openldap (ALAS-2023-1804)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180073

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of openldap installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.40-16.37. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1804 advisory.

A vulnerability was found in openldap that can cause a null pointer dereference in the ber_memalloc_x() function. (CVE-2023-2953)

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 openldap' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1804.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-2953.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180073

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1804.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2023

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:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2953

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openldap-servers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openldap-clients, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openldap-servers-sql, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openldap-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2953