Amazon SSM Agent < 3.1.1208.0

high Nessus Plugin ID 191491

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Synopsis

The remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of Amazon SSM Agent installed on the remote host is prior to 3.1.1208.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the advisory.

- Amazon AWS amazon-ssm-agent before 3.1.1208.0 creates a world-writable sudoers file, which allows local attackers to inject Sudo rules and escalate privileges to root. This occurs in certain situations involving a race condition. (CVE-2022-29527)

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

Solution

Upgrade Amazon SSM Agent to version 3.1.1208.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 191491

File Name: amazon_ssm_agent_3_1_1208_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2024

Updated: 10/23/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29527

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:amazon:ssm_agent

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Amazon SSM Agent

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29527

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