Amazon Linux 2 : jq (ALAS-2025-2943)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 243245

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of jq installed on the remote host is prior to 1.5-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2943 advisory.

jq is a command-line JSON processor. In versions up to and including 1.7.1, an integer overflow arises when assigning value using an index of 2147483647, the signed integer limit. This causes a denial of service. Commit de21386681c0df0104a99d9d09db23a9b2a78b1e contains a patch for the issue. (CVE-2024-23337)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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 jq' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 243245

File Name: al2_ALAS-2025-2943.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/31/2025

Updated: 7/31/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous 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-2024-23337

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jq, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jq-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jq-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/21/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23337

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