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Amazon Linux 2 : pcp (ALAS-2020-1561)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142734

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of tested product installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2020-1561 advisory.

 - A Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerability in the packaging of pcp of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows the user pcp to run code as root by placing it into /var/log/pcp/configs.sh This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-3.5.3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1.
 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1.
 (CVE-2019-3695)

 - A Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability in the packaging of pcp of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5; openSUSE Leap 15.1 allows local user pcp to overwrite arbitrary files with arbitrary content. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-3.5.3. SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-5.8.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 pcp versions prior to 3.11.9-6.14.1. openSUSE Leap 15.1 pcp versions prior to 4.3.1-lp151.2.3.1. (CVE-2019-3696)

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 pcp' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2020-1561.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3695

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3696

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142734

File Name: al2_ALAS-2020-1561.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2020

Updated: 2/9/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3695

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-cifs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-lmsensors, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-sendmail, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-smart, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-conf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-import-mrtg2pcp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-manager, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-activemq, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-lustrecomm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-mic, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-mounts, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-nfsclient, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-import-sar2pcp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-prometheus, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-weblog, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-zimbra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-webapp-blinkenlights, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-import-ganglia2pcp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-redis, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-unbound, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-zswap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-system-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-lustre, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-webapi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-pcp-logimport, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-gfs2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-gpsd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-infiniband, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-named, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-vmware, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-export-pcp2graphite, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-export-pcp2zabbix, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-export-zabbix-agent, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-ds389log, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-libvirt, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-perfevent, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-pcp-logsummary, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-pcp-pmda, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-bash, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-news, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-summary, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-webapp-graphite, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-zeroconf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pcp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-export-pcp2elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-pdns, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-export-pcp2influxdb, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-export-pcp2spark, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-gui, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-apache, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-ds389, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-memcache, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-roomtemp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-selinux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-import-collectl2pcp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-webapp-vector, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-import-iostat2pcp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-docker, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-netfilter, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-oracle, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-rpm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-webjs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-export-pcp2json, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-gluster, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-haproxy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-json, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-nginx, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-systemd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-gpfs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-lio, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-trace, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-webapp-grafana, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-pcp-mmv, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-export-pcp2xml, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-dm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-mailq, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-postfix, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-slurm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-bind2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-bonding, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-cisco, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-dbping, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-logger, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-samba, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcp-pmda-shping

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3695, CVE-2019-3696

ALAS: 2020-1561