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Amazon WorkSpaces < 5.21.0 MITM

high Nessus Plugin ID 214961

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by a man in the middle vulnerability

Description

The version of Amazon WorkSpaces installed on the host is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle vulnerability, allowing an attacker to access remote sessions.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to version 5.21.0 or later

See Also

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-001/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 214961

File Name: amazon_workspaces_5_21_0.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/4/2025

Updated: 2/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0500

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:amazon:workspaces

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Amazon Workspaces Client

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0500

IAVA: 2025-A-0064