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Amazon Linux AMI : perltidy (ALAS-2014-356)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78299

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that perltidy's make_temporary_filename() function insecurely created temporary files via the use of the tmpnam() function. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack.

Solution

Run 'yum update perltidy' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-356.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78299

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-356.nasl

Version: 1.5

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: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perltidy

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2277

ALAS: 2014-356