Amazon Linux 2 : net-snmp (ALAS-2023-2366)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186569

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of net-snmp installed on the remote host is prior to 5.7.2-49. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2366 advisory.

A flaw was found in net-snmp. A buffer overflow in the handling of the INDEX of NET-SNMP-VACM-MIB can cause an out-of-bounds memory access issue. (CVE-2022-24805)

A flaw was found in net-snmp. This issue occurs due to improper input validation when simultaneously setting malformed OIDs in the master agent and subagent. (CVE-2022-24806)

A flaw was found in net-snmp. A malformed OID in a SET request to the SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM- MIB::vacmAccessTable can cause an out-of-bounds memory access issue. (CVE-2022-24807)

A flaw was found in net-snmp. A malformed OID in a SET request to NET-SNMP-AGENT-MIB::nsLogTable can cause a NULL pointer dereference issue. (CVE-2022-24808)

A flaw was found in net-snmp. A malformed OID in a GET-NEXT to the nsVacmAccessTable can cause a NULL pointer dereference issue. (CVE-2022-24809)

A flaw was found in net-snmp. A malformed OID in a SET to the nsVacmAccessTable can cause a NULL pointer dereference issue. (CVE-2022-24810)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update net-snmp' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186569

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2366.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 12/4/2023

Updated: 2/11/2025

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: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24810

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:net-snmp-python, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:net-snmp-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:net-snmp-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:net-snmp-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:net-snmp-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:net-snmp-agent-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:net-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:net-snmp-gui, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:net-snmp-perl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:net-snmp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/4/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24805, CVE-2022-24806, CVE-2022-24807, CVE-2022-24808, CVE-2022-24809, CVE-2022-24810

IAVA: 2022-A-0305

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