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CentOS 5 / 6 : boost (CESA-2013:0668)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 65644

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated boost packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The boost packages provide free, peer-reviewed, portable C++ source libraries with emphasis on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library.

A flaw was found in the way the ordered_malloc() routine in Boost sanitized the 'next_size' and 'max_size' parameters when allocating memory. If an application used the Boost C++ libraries for memory allocation, and performed memory allocation based on user-supplied input, an attacker could use this flaw to crash the application or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-2677)

All users of boost are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to fix this issue.

Solution

Update the affected boost packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?cf29c22d

http://www.nessus.org/u?578b6b5d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 65644

File Name: centos_RHSA-2013-0668.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2013

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2677

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-signals, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-program-options, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-openmpi-python, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-serialization, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-graph-openmpi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-openmpi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-iostreams, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-graph, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-math, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-openmpi-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-date-time, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-thread, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-regex, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-mpich2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-system, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-mpich2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-wave, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-mpich2-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:boost-graph-mpich2

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2677

RHSA: 2013:0668