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Amazon Linux AMI : perl-IPTables-Parse (ALAS-2015-627)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87353

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Synopsis

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

Description

A vulnerability in perl-IPTables-Parse was found, when using predictable file names for its temporary files. This vulnerability allows attacker on a multi-user system to set up symlinks to overwrite any file the current user has write access to.

Solution

Run 'yum update perl-IPTables-Parse' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-627.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87353

File Name: ala_ALAS-2015-627.nasl

Version: 2.4

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: Low

Base Score: 3.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-iptables-parse, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8326

ALAS: 2015-627