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Amazon Linux 2 : jose (ALAS-2024-2529)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194860

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of jose installed on the remote host is prior to 10-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2529 advisory.

 - latchset jose through version 11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value. (CVE-2023-50967)

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 jose' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2529.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-50967.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194860

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2529.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2024

Updated: 4/30/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-50967

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:libjose-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jose, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jose-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libjose

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-50967