Amazon Linux 2 : rust (ALAS-2023-2223)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181144

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of rust installed on the remote host is prior to 1.68.2-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2223 advisory.

Cargo downloads the Rust project's dependencies and compiles the project. Cargo prior to version 0.72.2, bundled with Rust prior to version 1.71.1, did not respect the umask when extracting crate archives on UNIX-like systems. If the user downloaded a crate containing files writeable by any local user, another local user could exploit this to change the source code compiled and executed by the current user. To prevent existing cached extractions from being exploitable, the Cargo binary version 0.72.2 included in Rust 1.71.1 or later will purge caches generated by older Cargo versions automatically. As a workaround, configure one's system to prevent other local users from accessing the Cargo directory, usually located in `~/.cargo`. (CVE-2023-38497)

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 rust' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181144

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2223.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/8/2023

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38497

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust-debugger-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cargo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust-std-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rustfmt, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust-analyzer, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust-analysis, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust-src, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:clippy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust-toolset, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust-gdb

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38497

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