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Amazon Linux 2 : zziplib (ALAS-2024-2689)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 210092
Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of zziplib installed on the remote host is prior to 0.13.62-12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2689 advisory.An issue was discovered in function zzip_disk_entry_to_file_header in mmapped.c in zziplib 0.13.69, which will lead to a denial-of-service. (CVE-2020-18770)
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 zziplib' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2689.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 210092
File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2689.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 11/1/2024
Updated: 11/1/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-18770
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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zziplib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zziplib-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zziplib-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zziplib-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2
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: 10/24/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-18770