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Amazon Linux 2 : snakeyaml (ALAS-2024-2403)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 187839
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of snakeyaml installed on the remote host is prior to 1.11-8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2403 advisory.- Using snakeYAML to parse untrusted YAML files may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks (DOS). If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. (CVE-2022-38750, CVE-2022-38751)
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 snakeyaml' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2403.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-38750.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 187839
File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2403.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 1/9/2024
Updated: 1/10/2024
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: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38751
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:snakeyaml, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:snakeyaml-javadoc
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: 1/3/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-38750, CVE-2022-38751