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Amazon Linux AMI : libexif (ALAS-2012-126)

2013-09-0400:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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Multiple flaws were found in the way libexif processed Exif tags. An attacker could create a specially crafted image file that, when opened in an application linked against libexif, could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2012-126.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(69616);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:34");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2812", "CVE-2012-2813", "CVE-2012-2814", "CVE-2012-2836", "CVE-2012-2837", "CVE-2012-2840", "CVE-2012-2841");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2012-126");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2012:1255");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : libexif (ALAS-2012-126)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Multiple flaws were found in the way libexif processed Exif tags. An
attacker could create a specially crafted image file that, when opened
in an application linked against libexif, could cause the application
to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges
of the user running the application."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-126.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Run 'yum update libexif' to update your system."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libexif");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libexif-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libexif-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/09/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/04");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"libexif-0.6.21-5.6.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"libexif-debuginfo-0.6.21-5.6.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"libexif-devel-0.6.21-5.6.amzn1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libexif / libexif-debuginfo / libexif-devel");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
amazonlinuxlibexifp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libexif
amazonlinuxlibexif-debuginfop-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libexif-debuginfo
amazonlinuxlibexif-develp-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libexif-devel
amazonlinuxcpe:/o:amazon:linux