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Amazon Linux AMI : libtasn1 (ALAS-2012-60)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69667

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Synopsis

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

Description

A flaw was found in the way libtasn1 decoded DER data. An attacker could create carefully-crafted DER encoded input (such as an X.509 certificate) that, when parsed by an application that uses libtasn1 (such as applications using GnuTLS), could cause the application to crash. (CVE-2012-1569)

Solution

Run 'yum update libtasn1' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-60.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69667

File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-60.nasl

Version: 1.5

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtasn1-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtasn1-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtasn1, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libtasn1-tools

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1569

ALAS: 2012-60

RHSA: 2012:0427