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Amazon Linux 2 : golang (ALAS-2019-1172)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122678

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Synopsis

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

Description

Go mishandles P-521 and P-384 elliptic curves, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly conduct ECDH private key recovery attacks.(CVE-2019-6486)

Note: This CVE is also fixed in golang-1.11.3-2.amzn2.0.2 in the golang1.11 extras repository.

Solution

Run 'yum update golang' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1172.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122678

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1172.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2019

Updated: 2/6/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-bin, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-docs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-misc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-src, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:golang-tests, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6486

ALAS: 2019-1172