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Amazon Linux 2023 : cargo-c (ALAS2023-2026-1527)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 304614
Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.Description
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1527 advisory.A flaw in the gix-date library can generate invalid non-UTF8 strings, leading to undefined behavior when processed. The most likely impact from a successful attack is to data integrity, by the malicious data being able to corrupt data being hold in memory and to system availability as it eventually may lead to the software using the gix_date library to crash. (CVE-2026-0810)
time provides date and time handling in Rust. From 0.3.6 to before 0.3.47, when user-provided input is provided to any type that parses with the RFC 2822 format, a denial of service attack via stack exhaustion is possible. The attack relies on formally deprecated and rarely-used features that are part of the RFC 2822 format used in a malicious manner. Ordinary, non-malicious input will never encounter this scenario.
A limit to the depth of recursion was added in v0.3.47. From this version, an error will be returned rather than exhausting the stack. (CVE-2026-25727)
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 'dnf update rust-cargo-c --releasever 2023.10.20260330' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1527 --releasever 2023.10.20260330' to update your system.See Also
https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2026-1527.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 304614
File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2026-1527.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Published: 4/1/2026
Updated: 4/1/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.2
Temporal Score: 4.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-0810
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25727
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Threat Score: 5.6
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-25727
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:rust-cargo-c-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cargo-c, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cargo-c-debuginfo
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: 4/1/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-0810, CVE-2026-25727