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Amazon Linux AMI : collectd (ALAS-2016-739)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 93251

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Synopsis

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

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_packet function in network.c in collectd allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted network packet.

Solution

Run 'yum update collectd' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-739.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 93251

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-739.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2016

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-gmond, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-ipvs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-java, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-rrdcached, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perl-collectd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-amqp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-varnish, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-ipmi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-apache, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-web, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-generic-jmx, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-curl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-netlink, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-bind, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-nginx, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-mysql, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-rrdtool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-dbi, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-email, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-lvm, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-memcachec, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-iptables, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-notify_email, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-dns, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:collectd-curl_xml

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6254

ALAS: 2016-739