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Amazon Linux AMI : libksba (ALAS-2016-712)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91471

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Synopsis

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

Description

The following security-related issues were resolved :

Incomplete fix for CVE-2016-4356 (CVE-2016-4574)

Out-of-bounds read in _ksba_ber_parse_tl (CVE-2016-4579)

Solution

Run 'yum update libksba' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-712.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91471

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-712.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/6/2016

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4574, CVE-2016-4579

ALAS: 2016-712