SB20240806348 - Amazon Linux AMI update for less

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SB20240806348 - Amazon Linux AMI update for less

Published: August 6, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB20240806348
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46663)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the ANSI escape sequences in the "less -R" output. A remote attacker can trick the victim to run the command against the specially crafted data and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48624)

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the close_altfile() function in filename.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim into using a specially crafted argument for the less command and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.

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


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References