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Amazon Linux AMI : avahi (ALAS-2023-1790)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 179795

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of avahi installed on the remote host is prior to 0.6.25-12.19. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1790 advisory.

 - A reachable assertion was found in avahi_dns_packet_append_record. (CVE-2023-38469) (CVE-2023-38469, CVE-2023-38470, CVE-2023-38471)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update avahi' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2023-1790.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-38469.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-38470.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-38471.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 179795

File Name: ala_ALAS-2023-1790.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2023

Updated: 11/10/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:avahi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-autoipd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-dnsconfd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-glib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-gobject, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-tools, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38469, CVE-2023-38470, CVE-2023-38471