Amazon Linux 2 : gnupg2 (ALAS-2019-1203)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 124593

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The do_uncompress function in g10/compress.c allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed compressed packets, as demonstrated by an a3 01 5b ff byte sequence.(CVE-2014-4617)

Solution

Run 'yum update gnupg2' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 124593

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1203.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/6/2019

Updated: 5/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4617

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnupg2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnupg2, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gnupg2-smime

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4617

ALAS: 2019-1203

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