SB2020022103 - Amazon Linux AMI update for openssl



SB2020022103 - Amazon Linux AMI update for openssl

Published: February 21, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020022103
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 33% Low 67%
  • Low
  • Medium
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  • Critical

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Unprotected storage of credentials (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15635)

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in encrypt-datasource-passwords data migration command that failed to encrypt user credentials for various data sources. A local user can view migration settings and reveal database credentials.

Note, this vulnerability can be exploited via Grafana web UI by pressing the "Save and test" button within a data source's settings menu.


2) Padding oracle attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1563)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform padding oracle attack.

The vulnerability exists due to possibility to perform a Bleichenbacher padding oracle attack against the RSA key, in situations where an attacker receives automated notification of the success or failure of a decryption attempt an attacker. A remote attacker can send a very large number of messages to be decrypted, can recover a CMS/PKCS7 transported encryption key or decrypt any RSA encrypted message that was encrypted with the public RSA key.


3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15639)

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the "main/translate.c". A remote attacker can send a specific RTP packet during a call and cause a crash in a specific scenario.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.