Amazon Linux AMI : sudo (ALAS-2024-1922)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190949

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of sudo installed on the remote host is prior to 1.8.23-10.59. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2024-1922 advisory.

2024-06-07: CVE-2024-31969 was added to this advisory.

In sudo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.6 (Amazon Linux 2) and sudo-1.8.23-10.58.amzn1 (Amazon Linux 1), a user with an entry in the sudoers file, enabling them to run commands as another unprivileged user, can leverage it to run commands as root. No prior versions are affected. This issue has been fixed in sudo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7 (AL2) and sudo-1.8.23-10.59.amzn1 (AL1). (CVE-2024-31969)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190949

File Name: ala_ALAS-2024-1922.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 2/24/2024

Updated: 6/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-31969

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, 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: 2/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-31969

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