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Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-096)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164768

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2022 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-096 advisory.

 - MariaDB through 10.5.9 allows attackers to trigger a convert_const_to_int use-after-free when the BIGINT data type is used. (CVE-2021-46669)

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update --releasever=2022.0.20220628 mariadb105' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2022/ALAS-2022-096.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-46669.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164768

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-096.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2022

Updated: 10/12/2023

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-46669

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:mariadb105, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-backup, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-backup-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-connect-engine, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-connect-engine-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-cracklib-password-check, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-cracklib-password-check-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-errmsg, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-gssapi-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-gssapi-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-oqgraph-engine, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-oqgraph-engine-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-pam, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-pam-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-rocksdb-engine, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-rocksdb-engine-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-server-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-server-utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-sphinx-engine, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-sphinx-engine-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mariadb105-test-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022

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: 6/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-46669