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Amazon Linux AMI : socat (ALAS-2014-300)

low Nessus Plugin ID 72948

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Synopsis

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

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in socat 1.3.0.0 through 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long server name in the PROXY-CONNECT address in the command line.

Solution

Run 'yum update socat' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-300.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 72948

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-300.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/12/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

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

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: 3/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0019

ALAS: 2014-300