Amazon Linux 2 : libgcrypt (ALAS-2022-1769)

The version of libgcrypt installed on the remote host is prior to 1.5.3-14. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1769 advisory. A side-channel attack flaw was found in the way libgcrypt implemented Elgamal encryption. This flaw allows an attacker to decryp...

Amazon Linux 2 : vim (ALAS-2022-1771)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1771 advisory. A flaw was found in vim that causes an out-of-range pointer offset vulnerability. This flaw allows an attacker to input a specially crafted file, leading to a crash or code execution. CVE-2022-05...

Amazon Linux 2 : openssl, openssl11 (ALAS-2022-1766)

The version of openssl installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.2k-24. The version of openssl11 installed on the remote host is prior to 1.1.1g-12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1766 advisory. The BNmodsqrt function, which computes a modular...

Amazon Linux 2 : expat (ALAS-2022-1764)

The version of expat installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.0-12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1764 advisory. A flaw was found in expat. Passing malformed 2- and 3-byte UTF-8 sequences for example, from start tag names to the XML...

Critical: expat

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in expat. Passing malformed 2- and 3-byte UTF-8 sequences for example, from start tag names to the XML processing application on top of expat can lead to arbitrary code execution. This issue is dependent on how invalid UTF-8 is handled inside the XML processor...

Amazon Linux 2 : containerd (ALAS-2022-016) (deprecated)

This plugin has been deprecated following detection of an issue with overlapping filenames. Deprecated by al2ALASDOCKER-2022-016.nasl plugin ID 160406 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory...

Medium: zsh

Issue Overview: A vulnerability was found in zsh in the parsecolorchar function of prompt.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to perform code execution if they control a command output inside the prompt, as stated by a %F%K argument. This occurs because of recursive PROMPTSUBST expansion...

Important: cyrus-sasl

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in the SQL plugin shipped with Cyrus SASL. Failure to properly escape the SQL input allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This issue can lead to the escalation of privileges. CVE-2022-24407 Affected Packages: cyrus-sasl Note: This advisory is...

Medium: containerd

Issue Overview: containerd is an open source container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability. A bug was found in containerd where container root directories and some plugins had insufficiently restricted permissions, allowing otherwise unprivileged Linux users to...

Amazon Linux 2 : docker (ALAS-2022-017) (deprecated)

This plugin has been deprecated following detection of an issue with overlapping filenames. Deprecated by al2ALASDOCKER-2022-017.nasl plugin ID 160411 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory...

Medium: containerd

Issue Overview: containerd is an open source container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability. A bug was found in containerd where container root directories and some plugins had insufficiently restricted permissions, allowing otherwise unprivileged Linux users to...

Important: gegl

Issue Overview: Due to the use of the system command in the Magick-Load op used by gegl an attacker is able to craft a command line path that is able to lead to the execution of arbitrary shell commands that impacts availability, confidentiality and integrity. CVE-2021-45463 Affected Packages: ge...

Amazon Linux 2 : microcode_ctl (ALAS-2022-1762)

The version of microcodectl installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1-47. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1762 advisory. 2024-05-09: CVE-2021-33117 was added to this advisory. A flaw was found in microcode. Under complex microarchitectural...

Amazon Linux 2 : cyrus-sasl (ALAS-2022-1758)

The version of cyrus-sasl installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.26-24. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1758 advisory. A flaw was found in the SQL plugin shipped with Cyrus SASL. Failure to properly escape the SQL input allows a remote attacker ...

Amazon Linux 2 : expat (ALAS-2022-1759)

The version of expat installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.0-12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1759 advisory. An integer overflow was found in expat. The issue occurs in storeRawNames by abusing the mbuffer expansion logic to allow allocation...

Amazon Linux 2 : thunderbird (ALAS-2022-1763)

The version of thunderbird installed on the remote host is prior to 91.6.0-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1763 advisory. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes this flaw as: It was possible to construct specific XSLT markup th...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2-2022-1761 (ALAS-2022-1761)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.268-205.500. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1761 advisory. A buffer overflow flaw in the Linux kernel BPF subsystem was found in the way users run BPF with long jump over an...

Amazon Linux 2 : gegl (ALAS-2022-1755)

The version of gegl installed on the remote host is prior to 0.2.0-19. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1755 advisory. Due to the use of the system command in the Magick-Load op used by gegl an attacker is able to craft a command line path that is able...

Amazon Linux 2 : containerd (ALAS-2022-015) (deprecated)

This plugin has been deprecated following detection of an issue with overlapping filenames. Deprecated by al2ALASDOCKER-2022-015.nasl plugin ID 160407 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory...

Amazon Linux 2 : zsh (ALAS-2022-1757)

The version of zsh installed on the remote host is prior to 5.8.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1757 advisory. A vulnerability was found in zsh in the parsecolorchar function of prompt.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to perform code executio...