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Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2017-889)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102877

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

FILE buffer read out of bounds (CVE-2017-1000099)

TFTP sends more than buffer size (CVE-2017-1000100)

URL globbing out of bounds read (CVE-2017-1000101)

Solution

Run 'yum update curl' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-889.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102877

File Name: ala_ALAS-2017-889.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/1/2017

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000099, CVE-2017-1000100, CVE-2017-1000101

ALAS: 2017-889