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Amazon Linux 2023 : polkit, polkit-devel, polkit-libs (ALAS2023-2024-508)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190076

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-508 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was found in SQLite SQLite3 up to 3.43.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function sessionReadRecord of the file ext/session/sqlite3session.c of the component make alltest Handler. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-248999. (CVE-2023-7104)

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update polkit --releasever 2023.3.20240205' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-508.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-7104.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190076

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-508.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2024

Updated: 2/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-7104

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:polkit, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:polkit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:polkit-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:polkit-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:polkit-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:polkit-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:polkit-libs-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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: 2/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7104