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Amazon Linux 2 : grub2 (ALAS-2024-2499)

low Nessus Plugin ID 192207

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of grub2 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.06-14. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2499 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in the grub2-set-bootflag utility of grub2. After the fix of CVE-2019-14865, grub2-set- bootflag will create a temporary file with the new grubenv content and rename it to the original grubenv file. If the program is killed before the rename operation, the temporary file will not be removed and may fill the filesystem when invoked multiple times, resulting in a filesystem out of free inodes or blocks.
 (CVE-2024-1048)

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 grub2' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2499.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-1048.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 192207

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2499.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/18/2024

Updated: 3/18/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1048

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-efi, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-modules, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-ec2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-emu, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-extra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-aa64-cdboot, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64-modules, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-pc-modules, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-pc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools-minimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-efi-x64-ec2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grub2-emu-modules

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1048