Amazon Linux AMI update for ecs-service-connect-agent

1) External control of file name or path

EUVDB-ID: #VU81863

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 0.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-38546

CWE-ID: CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject arbitrary cookies into request.

The vulnerability exists due to the way cookies are handled by libcurl. If a transfer has cookies enabled when the handle is duplicated, the cookie-enable state is also cloned - but without cloning the actual cookies. If the source handle did not read any cookies from a specific file on disk, the cloned version of the handle would instead store the file name as none (using the four ASCII letters, no quotes).

Subsequent use of the cloned handle that does not explicitly set a source to load cookies from would then inadvertently load cookies from a file named none - if such a file exists and is readable in the current directory of the program using libcurl.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    ecs-service-connect-agent-v1.27.2.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64

src:
    ecs-service-connect-agent-v1.27.2.0-1.amzn2023.src

x86_64:
    ecs-service-connect-agent-v1.27.2.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-420.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU81964

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-39323

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing line directives (e.g. "//line") in the code. A remote attacker can bypass restrictions on "//go:cgo_" directives, allowing blocked linker and compiler flags to be passed during compilation. This can result in unexpected execution of arbitrary code when running "go build".

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    ecs-service-connect-agent-v1.27.2.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64

src:
    ecs-service-connect-agent-v1.27.2.0-1.amzn2023.src

x86_64:
    ecs-service-connect-agent-v1.27.2.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-420.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.

3) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU81728

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-44487

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improperly control of consumption for internal resources when handling HTTP/2 requests with compressed HEADERS frames. A remote attacker can send a sequence of compressed HEADERS frames followed by RST_STREAM frames and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack, a.k.a. "Rapid Reset".

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

aarch64:
    ecs-service-connect-agent-v1.27.2.0-1.amzn2023.aarch64

src:
    ecs-service-connect-agent-v1.27.2.0-1.amzn2023.src

x86_64:
    ecs-service-connect-agent-v1.27.2.0-1.amzn2023.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:amazon_web_services:amazon_linux_ami:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2023-420.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?

Yes. This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.