Amazon Linux 2 : indent (ALAS-2024-2439)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 190024

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of indent installed on the remote host is prior to 2.2.11-13. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2439 advisory.

- A flaw was found in Indent. This issue may allow a local user to use a specially-crafted file to trigger a heap-based buffer overflow, which can lead to an application crash. (CVE-2024-0911) (CVE-2024-0911)

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 indent' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2439.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-0911.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 190024

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2439.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2024

Updated: 2/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0911

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:indent, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:indent-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0911