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Amazon Linux 2 : (ALAS-2023-1921)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 171053
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1921 advisory.- A vulnerability found in udisks2. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted image file/USB leading to kernel panic. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
(CVE-2021-3802)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
pkg_manager = 'yum'Run ' update udisks2' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 171053
File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1921.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 2/6/2023
Updated: 9/5/2023
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: 6.3
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3802
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.2
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/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:libudisks2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libudisks2-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:udisks2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:udisks2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:udisks2-iscsi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:udisks2-lsm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:udisks2-lvm2, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2
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: 1/30/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/29/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-3802