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Amazon Linux 2 : containerd (ALASDOCKER-2024-038)
high Nessus Plugin ID 190810
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of containerd installed on the remote host is prior to 1.6.28-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2DOCKER-2024-038 advisory.The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-39325)
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 containerd' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASDOCKER-2024-038.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 190810
File Name: al2_ALASDOCKER-2024-038.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 2/20/2024
Updated: 12/11/2024
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: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39325
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:containerd-stress, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:containerd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:containerd-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: 2/15/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-39325
IAVB: 2023-B-0080-S