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Amazon Linux AMI : socat (ALAS-2012-87)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69694

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Synopsis

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

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xioscan_readline function in xio-readline.c in socat 1.4.0.0 through 1.7.2.0 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the READLINE address.

Solution

Run 'yum update socat' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-87.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69694

File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-87.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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0219

ALAS: 2012-87