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Amazon Linux 2 : sudo (ALAS-2024-2447)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 190028
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of sudo installed on the remote host is prior to 1.8.23-10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2447 advisory.2024-02-22: CVE-2023-42465 was removed from this advisory.
2024-02-22: The severity of this advisory has been changed from important to low.
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 sudo' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 190028
File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2447.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 2/6/2024
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:sudo
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: 12/22/2023
Reference Information
IAVA: 2024-A-0068