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Amazon Linux 2 : containerd, --advisory ALAS2ECS-2024-040 (ALASECS-2024-040)
high Nessus Plugin ID 205858
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
The version of containerd installed on the remote host is prior to 1.7.20-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2ECS-2024-040 advisory.The protojson.Unmarshal function can enter an infinite loop when unmarshaling certain forms of invalid JSON. This condition can occur when unmarshaling into a message which contains a google.protobuf.Any value, or when the UnmarshalOptions.DiscardUnknown option is set. (CVE-2024-24786)
The various Is methods (IsPrivate, IsLoopback, etc) did not work as expected for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses, returning false for addresses which would return true in their traditional IPv4 forms.
(CVE-2024-24790)
Package jose aims to provide an implementation of the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption set of standards. An attacker could send a JWE containing compressed data that used large amounts of memory and CPU when decompressed by Decrypt or DecryptMulti. Those functions now return an error if the decompressed data would exceed 250kB or 10x the compressed size (whichever is larger). This vulnerability has been patched in versions 4.0.1, 3.0.3 and 2.6.3. (CVE-2024-28180)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update containerd' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2ECS-2024-040' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html
https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2024-24790.html
https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2024-24786.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 205858
File Name: al2_ALASECS-2024-040.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 8/20/2024
Updated: 10/24/2025
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-2024-24790
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
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.7
Threat Score: 6.6
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-24786
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:containerd-stress, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:containerd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:containerd-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2024