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Amazon Linux AMI : fail2ban (ALAS-2013-209)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69767

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Synopsis

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

Description

The apache-auth.conf, apache-nohome.conf, apache-noscript.conf, and apache-overflows.conf files in Fail2ban before 0.8.10 do not properly validate log messages, which allows remote attackers to block arbitrary IP addresses via certain messages in a request.

Solution

Run 'yum update fail2ban' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-209.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69767

File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-209.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:fail2ban, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2178

ALAS: 2013-209