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Amazon Linux AMI : fuse (ALAS-2015-558)

low Nessus Plugin ID 84594

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that fusermount failed to properly sanitize its environment before executing mount and umount commands. A local user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution

Run 'yum update fuse' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-558.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 84594

File Name: ala_ALAS-2015-558.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/8/2015

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fuse, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fuse-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fuse-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fuse-libs, 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: 7/7/2015

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3202

ALAS: 2015-558