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Amazon Linux 2 : bcc (ALAS-2024-2551)

low Nessus Plugin ID 198264

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of bcc installed on the remote host is prior to 0.24.0-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2551 advisory.

 If kernel headers need to be extracted, bcc will attempt to load them from a temporary directory. An unprivileged attacker could use this to force bcc to load compromised linux headers. Linux distributions which provide kernel headers by default are not affected by default. (CVE-2024-2314)

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 bcc' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2551.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-2314.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 198264

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2551.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/31/2024

Updated: 5/31/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1

Temporal Score: 0.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-2314

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.8

Temporal Score: 2.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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:python3-bcc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libbpf-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bcc-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bcc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bcc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bcc-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bcc-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2314