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Amazon Linux AMI : elfutils (ALAS-2014-345)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78288

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Synopsis

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

Description

Integer overflow in the check_section function in dwarf_begin_elf.c in the libdw library, as used in elfutils 0.153 and possibly through 0.158 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed compressed debug section in an ELF file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution

Run 'yum update elfutils' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-345.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78288

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-345.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-libelf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-libelf-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:elfutils-libs, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0172

ALAS: 2014-345