Amazon Linux AMI : iproute (ALAS-2012-64)

low Nessus Plugin ID 69671

Synopsis

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

Description

iproute2 before 3.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file used by (1) configure or (2) examples/dhcp-client-script.

Solution

Run 'yum update iproute' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-64.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 69671

File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-64.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1088

ALAS: 2012-64