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Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2019-1320)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 131240

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Synopsis

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

Description

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.28, the getaddrinfo function would successfully parse a string that contained an IPv4 address followed by whitespace and arbitrary characters, which could lead applications to incorrectly assume that it had parsed a valid string, without the possibility of embedded HTTP headers or other potentially dangerous substrings. (CVE-2016-10739)

Solution

Run 'yum update glibc' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1320.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 131240

File Name: ala_ALAS-2019-1320.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2019

Updated: 4/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10739

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-debuginfo-common, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nscd

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10739

ALAS: 2019-1320