SB20240806334 - Amazon Linux AMI update for rust

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SB20240806334 - Amazon Linux AMI update for rust

Published: August 6, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB20240806334
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 67% Low 33%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) UNIX symbolic link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36113)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to corrupt arbitrary files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue. A remote attacker can add a malicious ".cargo-ok" symbolic link into the package, point the link to an arbitrary file on the system and corrupt it during package extraction.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-36114)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing .zip files. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack, aka "zip bomb" attack.


3) Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46176)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to Cargo does not perform SSH host key verification when cloning indexes and dependencies via SSH. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References