Amazon Linux AMI : nrpe (ALAS-2013-203)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69761

Synopsis

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

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpc.c in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor (NRPE) before 2.14 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via '$()' shell metacharacters, which are processed by bash.

Solution

Run 'yum update nrpe' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-203.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69761

File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-203.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nagios-plugins-nrpe, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nrpe, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:nrpe-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2013

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Nagios Remote Plugin Executor Arbitrary Command Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1362

ALAS: 2013-203