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Amazon Linux AMI : cloud-init (ALAS-2016-763)

🗓️ 11 Nov 2016 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Amazon Linux AMI cloud-init ALAS-2016-763 security update. IAM role credentials leaked to root-readable files

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Code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2016-763.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(94683);
  script_version("2.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:36");

  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2016-763");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : cloud-init (ALAS-2016-763)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was discovered that cloud-init in the Amazon Linux AMI wrote IAM
role credentials from the instance metadata service to files readable
by the root user in /var/lib/cloud. An application with root
privileges, a container with access to the relevant files, or a root
user of an AMI derived from a previously launched AMI could read and
use the credentials. (IAM role credentials expire after 6 hours.)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-763.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Run 'yum update cloud-init' to update your system. 

To delete the files which contain credentials, run 'rm
/var/lib/cloud/instance/obj.pkl /var/lib/cloud/instances/*/obj.pkl'."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:cloud-init");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/11/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/11/11");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 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:"cloud-init-0.7.6-2.13.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, "cloud-init");
}

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