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Amazon Linux 2 : protobuf (ALAS-2023-1973)

high Nessus Plugin ID 172166

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of protobuf installed on the remote host is prior to 2.5.0-8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-1973 advisory.

 - A parsing vulnerability for the MessageSet type in the ProtocolBuffers versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 3.21.5 for protobuf-cpp, and versions prior to and including 3.16.1, 3.17.3, 3.18.2, 3.19.4, 3.20.1 and 4.21.5 for protobuf-python can lead to out of memory failures.
 A specially crafted message with multiple key-value per elements creates parsing issues, and can lead to a Denial of Service against services receiving unsanitized input. We recommend upgrading to versions 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 3.21.6 for protobuf-cpp and 3.18.3, 3.19.5, 3.20.2, 4.21.6 for protobuf-python. Versions for 3.16 and 3.17 are no longer updated. (CVE-2022-1941)

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 protobuf' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-1973.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/../../faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1941.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 172166

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-1973.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2023

Updated: 3/7/2023

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1941

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-compiler, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-emacs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-emacs-el, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-java, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-lite, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-lite-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-lite-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-python, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:protobuf-vim, 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: 3/2/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/22/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1941