Amazon Linux 2 : zlib (ALAS-2023-2320)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 184287

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of zlib installed on the remote host is prior to 1.2.7-19. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2320 advisory.

- MiniZip in zlib through 1.3 has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow in zipOpenNewFileInZip4_64 via a long filename, comment, or extra field. NOTE: MiniZip is not a supported part of the zlib product. (CVE-2023-45853)

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 zlib' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 184287

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2320.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/2/2023

Updated: 11/2/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45853

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:minizip, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:minizip-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zlib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zlib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zlib-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:zlib-static, 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: 10/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45853

Detections

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