AmazonALAS-2014-370Important: chkrootkit
3.7 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
38.2%
Issue Overview:
A quoting issue was found in chkrootkit which would lead to a file in /tmp/ being executed, if /tmp/ was mounted without the noexec option. chkrootkit is typically run as the root user. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Affected Packages:
chkrootkit
Issue Correction:
Run yum update chkrootkit to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
chkrootkit-debuginfo-0.49-9.8.amzn1.i686
chkrootkit-0.49-9.8.amzn1.i686
src:
chkrootkit-0.49-9.8.amzn1.src
x86_64:
chkrootkit-0.49-9.8.amzn1.x86_64
chkrootkit-debuginfo-0.49-9.8.amzn1.x86_64
Additional References
Red Hat: CVE-2014-0476
Mitre: CVE-2014-0476
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | chkrootkit-debuginfo | < 0.49-9.8.amzn1 | chkrootkit-debuginfo-0.49-9.8.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | chkrootkit | < 0.49-9.8.amzn1 | chkrootkit-0.49-9.8.amzn1.i686.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | chkrootkit | < 0.49-9.8.amzn1 | chkrootkit-0.49-9.8.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
| Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | chkrootkit-debuginfo | < 0.49-9.8.amzn1 | chkrootkit-debuginfo-0.49-9.8.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Related
3.7 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
38.2%