Amazon Linux 2022 : (ALAS2022-2022-177)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167034

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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 ALAS2022-2022-177 advisory.

- GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library (GMP) through 6.2.1 has an mpz/inp_raw.c integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow via crafted input, leading to a segmentation fault on 32-bit platforms.
(CVE-2021-43618)

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 gmp --releasever=2022.0.20221102' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167034

File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-177.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/5/2022

Updated: 11/5/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43618

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gmp-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gmp-c%2b%2b-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gmp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gmp-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gmp-static, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-43618