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Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2016-653)
high Nessus Plugin ID 88756
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the send_dg() and send_vc() functions, used by getaddrinfo() and other higher-level interfaces of glibc. A remote attacker able to cause an application to call either of these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.Solution
Run 'yum update glibc' to update your system. Note that you may need to run 'yum clean all' first. Once this update has been applied, 'reboot your instance to ensure that all processes and daemons that link against glibc are using the updated version'. On new instance launches prior to Amazon Linux AMI 2015.09.2, you should still reboot after cloud-init has automatically applied this update.See Also
https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-linux-ami/faqs/#auto_update
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 88756
File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-653.nasl
Version: 2.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 2/17/2016
Updated: 6/18/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-utils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:glibc-debuginfo-common, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nscd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/16/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-7547