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Amazon Linux AMI : icu (ALAS-2012-33)
high Nessus Plugin ID 69640
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way ICU performed variant canonicalization for some locale identifiers. If a specially crafted locale representation was opened in an application linked against ICU, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2011-4599)Solution
Run 'yum update icu' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 69640
File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-33.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 9/4/2013
Updated: 4/18/2018
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:icu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:icu, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libicu-doc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libicu, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libicu-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-4599