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Amazon Linux 2 : perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA (ALAS-2025-2942)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 243253

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA installed on the remote host is prior to 0.28-7. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2942 advisory.

 A timing-based side-channel flaw exists in the perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA package, which could be sufficient to recover plaintext across a network in a Bleichenbacher-style attack. To achieve successful decryption, an attacker would have to be able to send a large number of trial messages. The vulnerability affects the legacy PKCS#1v1.5 RSA encryption padding mode. (CVE-2024-2467)

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 perl-Crypt-OpenSSL-RSA' to update your system.

See Also

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

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2024-2467.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2025-2942.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 243253

File Name: al2_ALAS-2025-2942.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2025

Updated: 7/31/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2024-2467

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:perl-crypt-openssl-rsa-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-crypt-openssl-rsa

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-2467