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Amazon Linux AMI : jasper (ALAS-2015-479)

🗓️ 13 Feb 2015 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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The Amazon Linux AMI is missing a security update for jasper, to address CVE-2014-8157 and CVE-2014-8158. Run 'yum update jasper' to update the system

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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2015-479.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(81325);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:35");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-8157", "CVE-2014-8158");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2015-479");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2015:0074");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : jasper (ALAS-2015-479)");
  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:
"An off-by-one flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found
in the way JasPer decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted
file could cause an application using JasPer to crash or, possibly,
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8157)

An unrestricted stack memory use flaw was found in the way JasPer
decoded JPEG 2000 image files. A specially crafted file could cause an
application using JasPer to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2014-8158)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-479.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Run 'yum update jasper' 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:jasper");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jasper-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jasper-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jasper-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jasper-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/02/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/02/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 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:"jasper-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"jasper-debuginfo-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"jasper-devel-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"jasper-libs-1.900.1-16.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"jasper-utils-1.900.1-16.9.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, "jasper / jasper-debuginfo / jasper-devel / jasper-libs / etc");
}

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