Amazon Linux 2 : qt5-qtbase (ALAS-2023-2227)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181162

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of qt5-qtbase installed on the remote host is prior to 5.9.2-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2227 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in Qt before 5.15.14, 6.x before 6.2.9, and 6.3.x through 6.5.x before 6.5.1. Qt Network incorrectly parses the strict-transport-security (HSTS) header, allowing unencrypted connections to be established, even when explicitly prohibited by the server. This happens if the case used for this header does not exactly match. (CVE-2023-32762)

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 qt5-qtbase' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2227.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-32762.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181162

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2227.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/8/2023

Updated: 9/8/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32762

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-examples, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-gui, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-odbc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-qtbase-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:qt5-rpm-macros, 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: 8/31/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32762