Amazon Linux AMI update for R



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-27322
CWE-ID CWE-502
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

R
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Deserialization of untrusted data

EUVDB-ID: #VU89063

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 7.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27322

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted RDS (R Data Serialization) formatted file to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    libRmath-static-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.i686
    R-core-devel-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.i686
    R-devel-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.i686
    R-java-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.i686
    R-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.i686
    R-java-devel-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.i686
    R-core-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.i686
    libRmath-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.i686
    libRmath-devel-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.i686
    R-debuginfo-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.i686

src:
    R-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    libRmath-static-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.x86_64
    libRmath-devel-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.x86_64
    R-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.x86_64
    R-devel-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.x86_64
    R-java-devel-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.x86_64
    R-java-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.x86_64
    R-core-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.x86_64
    R-core-devel-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.x86_64
    libRmath-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.x86_64
    R-debuginfo-3.4.1-1.53.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

R: before 3.4.1-1.53

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2024-1940.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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