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Amazon Linux 2 : OpenIPMI (ALAS-2024-2651)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 209147
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of OpenIPMI installed on the remote host is prior to 2.0.23-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2651 advisory.openipmi: missing check on the authorization type on incoming LAN messages in IPMI simulator (CVE-2024-42934)
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 OpenIPMI' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 209147
File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2651.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 10/16/2024
Updated: 12/11/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-42934
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openipmi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openipmi-python, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openipmi-perl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openipmi-libs, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openipmi-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openipmi-modalias, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:openipmi-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-42934