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Amazon Linux 2 : protobuf-c (ALAS-2024-2619)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 205714

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of protobuf-c installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.2-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2619 advisory.

 Protobuf-c v1.4.0 was discovered to contain an invalid arithmetic shift via the function parse_tag_and_wiretype in protobuf-c/protobuf-c.c. This vulnerability allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2022-33070)

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 protobuf-c' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-33070.html

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

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2619.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 205714

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2619.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2024

Updated: 8/17/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-33070

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-c, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-c-compiler, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-c-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-c-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33070