Amazon Linux AMI pam pam_env security flaw
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 68 |
---|---|---|---|---|
OSV | pam - several | 24 Oct 201100:00 | – | osv |
OSV | Red Hat Security Advisory: pam security, bug fix, and enhancement update | 15 Sep 202420:21 | – | osv |
OSV | pam-1.3.0-3.4 on GA media | 15 Jun 202400:00 | – | osv |
Tenable Nessus | CentOS 6 : pam (CESA-2013:0521) | 10 Mar 201300:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Scientific Linux Security Update : pam on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20130221) | 1 Mar 201300:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | openSUSE Security Update : pam (openSUSE-SU-2011:1204-1) | 13 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Oracle Linux 6 : pam (ELSA-2013-0521) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Debian DSA-2326-1 : pam - several vulnerabilities | 25 Oct 201100:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | RHEL 6 : pam (RHSA-2013:0521) | 21 Feb 201300:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | SuSE 11.1 Security Update : pam (SAT Patch Number 5342) | 13 Dec 201100:00 | – | nessus |
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2013-160.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(69719);
script_version("1.5");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:34");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3148", "CVE-2011-3149");
script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2013-160");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2013:0521");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : pam (ALAS-2013-160)");
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:
"A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the pam_env
module parsed users' '~/.pam_environment' files. If an application's
PAM configuration contained 'user_readenv=1' (this is not the
default), a local attacker could use this flaw to crash the
application or, possibly, escalate their privileges. (CVE-2011-3148)
A denial of service flaw was found in the way the pam_env module
expanded certain environment variables. If an application's PAM
configuration contained 'user_readenv=1' (this is not the default), a
local attacker could use this flaw to cause the application to enter
an infinite loop. (CVE-2011-3149)"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-160.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Run 'yum update pam' to update your system."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/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:pam");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pam-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pam-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/03/02");
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:"pam-1.1.1-13.20.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"pam-debuginfo-1.1.1-13.20.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"pam-devel-1.1.1-13.20.amzn1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "pam / pam-debuginfo / pam-devel");
}
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