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Amazon Linux 2 : openssh (ALAS-2024-2507)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192739

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of openssh installed on the remote host is prior to 7.4p1-22. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2507 advisory.

 - In ssh in OpenSSH before 9.6, OS command injection might occur if a user name or host name has shell metacharacters, and this name is referenced by an expansion token in certain situations. For example, an untrusted Git repository can have a submodule with shell metacharacters in a user name or host name.
 (CVE-2023-51385)

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 openssh' to update your system.

See Also

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

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-51385.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2507.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192739

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2507.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/1/2024

Updated: 7/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-51385

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-askpass, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-cavs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-clients, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-keycat, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openssh-server-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pam_ssh_agent_auth

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: 3/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-51385

IAVA: 2023-A-0701-S