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Amazon Linux 2023 : avahi, avahi-autoipd, avahi-compat-howl (ALAS2023-2023-455)

2023-12-1500:00:00
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amazon linux 2023
avahi
avahi-autoipd
avahi-compat-howl
vulnerability
alas2023-2023-455
cve-2023-38473
security update
nessus
assertion
reachable
package update

6.2 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.0%

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-455 advisory.

  • A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_alternative_host_name() function. (CVE-2023-38473)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory ALAS2023-2023-455.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(186972);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-38473");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux 2023 : avahi, avahi-autoipd, avahi-compat-howl (ALAS2023-2023-455)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-455 advisory.

  - A vulnerability was found in Avahi. A reachable assertion exists in the avahi_alternative_host_name()
    function. (CVE-2023-38473)

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/AL2023/ALAS-2023-455.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-38473.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Run 'dnf update avahi --releasever 2023.2.20231211' to update your system.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-38473");

  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:"2023/11/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/12/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/12/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-autoipd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-autoipd-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-dnsconfd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-dnsconfd-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-glib");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-glib-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-glib-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-gobject");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-gobject-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-gobject-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-libs-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-tools-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-ui-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-ui-gtk3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-ui-gtk3-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023");
  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) 2023 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 != "-2023")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux 2023", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

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

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'avahi-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-autoipd-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-autoipd-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-autoipd-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-autoipd-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-howl-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-debugsource-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-debugsource-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-dnsconfd-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-dnsconfd-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-dnsconfd-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-dnsconfd-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-glib-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-gobject-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-libs-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-libs-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-libs-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-libs-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-tools-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-tools-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-tools-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-tools-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-devel-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-gtk3-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-gtk3-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-gtk3-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'AL-2023', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'avahi-ui-gtk3-debuginfo-0.8-14.amzn2023.0.12', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'AL-2023', '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;
  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 (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)) 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, "avahi / avahi-autoipd / avahi-autoipd-debuginfo / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxavahip-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi
amazonlinuxavahi-autoipdp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-autoipd
amazonlinuxavahi-autoipd-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-autoipd-debuginfo
amazonlinuxavahi-compat-howlp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl
amazonlinuxavahi-compat-howl-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl-debuginfo
amazonlinuxavahi-compat-howl-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-howl-devel
amazonlinuxavahi-compat-libdns_sdp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd
amazonlinuxavahi-compat-libdns_sd-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-debuginfo
amazonlinuxavahi-compat-libdns_sd-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel
amazonlinuxavahi-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:avahi-debuginfo
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6.2 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

9.0%