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Amazon Linux AMI : nginx (ALAS-2014-308)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73227

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Synopsis

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

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the SPDY implementation in nginx 1.3.15 before 1.4.7 and 1.5.x before 1.5.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request.

Solution

Run 'yum update nginx' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-308.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73227

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-308.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2014

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: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0133

ALAS: 2014-308