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Amazon Linux AMI : perl-FCGI (ALAS-2011-5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78266

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Synopsis

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

Description

The FCGI (aka Fast CGI) module 0.70 through 0.73 for Perl, as used by CGI::Fast, uses environment variable values from one request during processing of a later request, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via crafted HTTP headers.

Solution

Run 'yum update perl-FCGI' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2011-5.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78266

File Name: ala_ALAS-2011-5.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2766

ALAS: 2011-5