Amazon Linux 2023 : aspnetcore-runtime-6.0, aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0, dotnet (ALAS2023-2023-457)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186982

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-457 advisory.

- .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36049)

- ASP.NET Core - Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36558)

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update dotnet6.0 --releasever 2023.2.20231211' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-457.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-36049.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-36558.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186982

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2023-457.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2023

Updated: 12/15/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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-2023-36049

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:dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:aspnetcore-targeting-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-hostfxr-6.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-runtime-6.0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-templates-6.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0-source-built-artifacts, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet6.0-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-host-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet6.0-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:aspnetcore-runtime-6.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-hostfxr-6.0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-apphost-pack-6.0, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-sdk-6.0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:dotnet-targeting-pack-6.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36049, CVE-2023-36558