Amazon Linux 2 : nautilus (ALAS-2023-2331)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 184290

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of nautilus installed on the remote host is prior to 3.26.3.1-6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2331 advisory.

- GNOME Nautilus 42.2 allows a NULL pointer dereference and get_basename application crash via a pasted ZIP archive. (CVE-2022-37290)

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 nautilus' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2331.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-37290.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 184290

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2331.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/2/2023

Updated: 11/3/2023

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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37290

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:nautilus-extensions, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nautilus-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nautilus-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nautilus

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: 10/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37290