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Amazon Linux AMI : grep (ALAS-2015-598)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 86076
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way grep parsed large lines of data. An attacker able to trick a user into running grep on a specially crafted data file could use this flaw to crash grep or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running grep. (CVE-2012-5667)A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way grep processed certain pattern and text combinations. An attacker able to trick a user into running grep on specially crafted input could use this flaw to crash grep or, potentially, read from uninitialized memory.
(CVE-2015-1345)
Solution
Run 'yum update grep' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 86076
File Name: ala_ALAS-2015-598.nasl
Version: 2.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 9/23/2015
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: 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:grep-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:grep
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-5667, CVE-2015-1345