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Amazon Linux AMI : automake19 (ALAS-2014-401)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78344

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was found that the distcheck rule in Automake-generated Makefiles made a directory world-writable when preparing source archives. If a malicious, local user could access this directory, they could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running 'make distcheck'.

Solution

Run 'yum update automake19' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-401.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78344

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-401.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: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:automake19, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3386

ALAS: 2014-401