Amazon Linux 2 : ipa (ALAS-2024-2498)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192211

Synopsis

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

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2498 advisory.

- specially crafted HTTP requests potentially lead to DoS or data exposure [fedora-all] (CVE-2024-1481)

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 ipa' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2498.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-1481.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192211

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2498.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/18/2024

Updated: 4/11/2024

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: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-1481

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-client-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-python-compat, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ipa-server-trust-ad

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: 3/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-1481