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Medium ALAS2-2022-1815 1 CVE

Moderate: openssl11 security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jul 6, 2022 · Updated Jul 14, 2022

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-1292: The c_rehash script does not properly sanitise shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. This script is distributed by some operating systems in a manner where it is automatically executed. On such operating systems, an attacker could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the script. Use of the c_rehash script is considered obsolete and should be replaced by the OpenSSL rehash command line tool. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.3 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1o (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1n). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2ze (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2zd).

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 openssl11 1:1.1.1g-12.amzn2.0.8
Amazon Linux · 2 openssl11-debuginfo 1:1.1.1g-12.amzn2.0.8
Amazon Linux · 2 openssl11-devel 1:1.1.1g-12.amzn2.0.8
Amazon Linux · 2 openssl11-libs 1:1.1.1g-12.amzn2.0.8
Amazon Linux · 2 openssl11-static 1:1.1.1g-12.amzn2.0.8

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2022-1292 Public exploit EPSS 83%

    The c_rehash script allows command injection

    The c_rehash script does not properly sanitise shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. This script is distributed by some operating systems in a manner where it is automatically executed. On such operating systems, an attacker could execute arbitra…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-1292.html