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Amazon Linux AMI : gpgme (ALAS-2015-500)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82507

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the status_handler function in (1) engine-gpgsm.c and (2) engine-uiserver.c in GPGME before 1.5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to 'different line lengths in a specific order.'

Solution

Run 'yum update gpgme' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-500.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82507

File Name: ala_ALAS-2015-500.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/2/2015

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3564

ALAS: 2015-500