Amazon Linux 2 : vte291 (ALAS-2024-2610)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 205713

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of vte291 installed on the remote host is prior to 0.52.2-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2610 advisory.

GNOME VTE before 0.76.3 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a window resize escape sequence, a related issue to CVE-2000-0476. (CVE-2024-37535)

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 vte291' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 205713

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2610.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/17/2024

Updated: 8/17/2024

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37535

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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:vte291-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vte291, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vte-profile, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:vte291-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37535

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