Amazon Linux AMI : gc (ALAS-2013-245)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70907

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that gc's implementation of the malloc() and calloc() routines did not properly perform parameter sanitization when allocating memory. If an application using gc did not implement application-level validity checks for the malloc() and calloc() routines, a remote attacker could provide specially crafted application-specific input, which, when processed by the application, could lead to an application crash or, potentially, arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running the application.
(CVE-2012-2673)

Solution

Run 'yum update gc' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-245.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70907

File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-245.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2673

ALAS: 2013-245

RHSA: 2013:1500