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Amazon Linux AMI : 389-ds-base (ALAS-2017-824)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 99712

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Synopsis

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

Description

Remote crash via crafted LDAP messages :

An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the way 389-ds-base handled LDAP bind requests. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP bind request, resulting in denial of service. (CVE-2017-2668)

Solution

Run 'yum update 389-ds-base' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-824.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 99712

File Name: ala_ALAS-2017-824.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2017

Updated: 8/31/2018

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: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-2668

ALAS: 2017-824