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Amazon Linux 2 : ceph-common (ALAS-2023-2297)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183483

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of ceph-common installed on the remote host is prior to 10.2.5-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2297 advisory.

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 ceph-common' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2297.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-43040.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183483

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2297.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2023

Updated: 5/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43040

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ceph-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ceph-common-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-rados, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:librbd1-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:librbd1, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:librados2-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-rbd, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:librados2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43040