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Amazon Linux 2 : cyrus-sasl (ALAS-2022-1758)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158723

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of cyrus-sasl installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.26-24. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1758 advisory.

 - In Cyrus SASL 2.1.17 through 2.1.27 before 2.1.28, plugins/sql.c does not escape the password for a SQL INSERT or UPDATE statement. (CVE-2022-24407)

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 cyrus-sasl' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2022-1758.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-24407.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158723

File Name: al2_ALAS-2022-1758.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/8/2022

Updated: 3/8/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24407

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-gs2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-ldap, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-lib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-md5, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-ntlm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-plain, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-scram, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cyrus-sasl-sql, 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: 3/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24407

ALAS: 2022-1758