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Amazon Linux AMI : 389-ds-base (ALAS-2018-955)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106932

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Synopsis

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

Description

Remote DoS via search filters in slapi_filter_sprintf in slapd/util.c

A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the way 389-ds-base handled certain LDAP search filters. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP request, thus resulting in denial of service.(CVE-2017-15134)

Solution

Run 'yum update 389-ds-base' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-955.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106932

File Name: ala_ALAS-2018-955.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/22/2018

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: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15134

ALAS: 2018-955