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Amazon Linux AMI : xfsprogs (ALAS-2015-622)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87348

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the xfs_metadump tool of the xfsprogs suite did not fully adhere to the standards of obfuscation described in its man page. In case a user with the necessary privileges used xfs_metadump and relied on the advertised obfuscation, the generated data could contain unexpected traces of potentially sensitive information.

Solution

Run 'yum update xfsprogs' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-622.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87348

File Name: ala_ALAS-2015-622.nasl

Version: 2.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2015

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2150

ALAS: 2015-622