Amazon Linux 2 : jtidy (ALAS-2024-2461)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190710

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of jtidy installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0-0.16.20100930svn1125. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2461 advisory.

- An issue was discovered jtidy thru r938 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via crafted object that uses cyclic dependencies. (CVE-2023-34623)

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 jtidy' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190710

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2461.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 2/19/2024

Updated: 2/20/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-34623

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jtidy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jtidy-javadoc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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: 2/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-34623

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