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Amazon Linux 2 : java-17-amazon-corretto (ALAS-2025-2740)

🗓️ 04 Feb 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Java 17 on Amazon Linux 2 is vulnerable (CVE-2025-21502) if prior to version 17.0.14+7-1.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory ALAS-2025-2740.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(214973);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/02/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-21502");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2 : java-17-amazon-corretto (ALAS-2025-2740)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of java-17-amazon-corretto installed on the remote host is prior to 17.0.14+7-1. It is, therefore, affected
by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2740 advisory.

    Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of
    Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot).  Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u431-perf,
    11.0.25, 17.0.13, 21.0.5, 23.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.13, 21.0.5, 23.0.1; Oracle GraalVM
    Enterprise Edition: 20.3.16 and  21.3.12. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated
    attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK,
    Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition.  Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in  unauthorized
    update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM
    Enterprise Edition accessible data as well as  unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle Java SE,
    Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can be
    exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the
    APIs. This vulnerability also applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web
    Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from
    the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.8 (Confidentiality and
    Integrity impacts).  CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N). (CVE-2025-21502)

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.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2025-2740.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2025-21502.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'yum update java-17-amazon-corretto' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-21502");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/01/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/01/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/02/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:java-17-amazon-corretto");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:java-17-amazon-corretto-debugsymbols");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:java-17-amazon-corretto-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:java-17-amazon-corretto-headless");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:java-17-amazon-corretto-javadoc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:java-17-amazon-corretto-jmods");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}

include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

var alas_release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(alas_release) || !strlen(alas_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d+|-\d+)", string:alas_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "2")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-debugsymbols-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-debugsymbols-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-devel-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-devel-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-headless-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-headless-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-javadoc-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-javadoc-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-jmods-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'java-17-amazon-corretto-jmods-17.0.14+7-1.amzn2.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL2', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var cves = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['cves'];
  if (reference && _release && (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "java-17-amazon-corretto / java-17-amazon-corretto-debugsymbols / java-17-amazon-corretto-devel / etc");
}

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04 Feb 2025 00:00Current
6.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.6
CVSS 3.14.8
EPSS0.00271
SSVC
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