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Amazon Linux 2023 : opensc (ALAS2023-2024-580)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192891

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Synopsis

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

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-580 advisory.

 - A vulnerability was found in OpenSC where PKCS#1 encryption padding removal is not implemented as side- channel resistant. This issue may result in the potential leak of private data. (CVE-2023-5992)

 - The use-after-free vulnerability was found in the AuthentIC driver in OpenSC packages, occuring in the card enrolment process using pkcs15-init when a user or administrator enrols or modifies cards. An attacker must have physical access to the computer system and requires a crafted USB device or smart card to present the system with specially crafted responses to the APDUs, which are considered high complexity and low severity. This manipulation can allow for compromised card management operations during enrolment.
 (CVE-2024-1454)

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 opensc --releasever 2023.4.20240401' to update your system.

See Also

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

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-5992.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-1454.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-580.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192891

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-580.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2024

Updated: 4/3/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5992

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:opensc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:opensc-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:opensc-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/31/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5992, CVE-2024-1454