Amazon Linux AMI : numpy (ALAS-2014-302)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72950

Synopsis

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

Description

f2py insecurely uses a temporary file. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to modify an arbitrary file accessible to the user running f2py.

Solution

Run 'yum update numpy' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-302.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72950

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-302.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/12/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:numpy, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:numpy-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:numpy-f2py, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1858, CVE-2014-1859

ALAS: 2014-302