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Amazon Linux AMI : openmpi (ALAS-2013-256)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71396

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Synopsis

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

Description

A flaw was found in the way ibutils handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause arbitrary files to be overwritten as the root user via a symbolic link attack.

It was discovered that librdmacm used a static port to connect to the ib_acm service. A local attacker able to run a specially crafted ib_acm service on that port could use this flaw to provide incorrect address resolution information to librmdacm applications.

Solution

Run 'yum update openmpi' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-256.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71396

File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-256.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4516, CVE-2013-2561

ALAS: 2013-256