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Amazon Linux AMI : ganglia (ALAS-2015-612)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 87016

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Synopsis

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

Description

Ganglia-web auth can be bypassed using boolean serialization (CVE-2015-6816).

Solution

Run 'yum update ganglia' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-612.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 87016

File Name: ala_ALAS-2015-612.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/24/2015

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-web, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-gmond-python, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-gmetad, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-gmond, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6816

ALAS: 2015-612