Amazon Linux 2 : pcre2 (ALAS-2024-2449)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190034

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of pcre2 installed on the remote host is prior to 10.23-11. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2449 advisory.

- Integer overflow vulnerability in pcre2test before 10.41 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impacts via negative input. (CVE-2022-41409)

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 pcre2' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2449.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-41409.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190034

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2449.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2024

Updated: 2/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-41409

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcre2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcre2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcre2-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcre2-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcre2-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcre2-utf16, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pcre2-utf32, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-41409