Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting edk2-tools-doc package, versions <0:20200801stable-1.amzn2.0.5


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
12.26% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-EDK2TOOLSDOC-6457740
  • published19 Mar 2024
  • disclosed21 Jun 2022

Introduced: 21 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-2068  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 edk2-tools-doc to version 0:20200801stable-1.amzn2.0.5 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2502.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream edk2-tools-doc package and not the edk2-tools-doc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In addition to the c_rehash shell command injection identified in CVE-2022-1292, further circumstances where the c_rehash script does not properly sanitise shell metacharacters to prevent command injection were found by code review. When the CVE-2022-1292 was fixed it was not discovered that there are other places in the script where the file names of certificates being hashed were possibly passed to a command executed through the shell. 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 3.0.4 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1,3.0.2,3.0.3). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1p (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1o). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2zf (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2ze).

CVSS Scores

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