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Amazon Linux AMI : expat (ALAS-2020-1364)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136625

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of expat installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.0-11.22. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2020-1364 advisory.

 Buffer overflow in the XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a large amount of compressed XML data, a related issue toCVE-2015-1283. (CVE-2015-2716)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update expat' to update your system.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2716

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2020-1364.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136625

File Name: ala_ALAS-2020-1364.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/15/2020

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2716

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2716

ALAS: 2020-1364