Amazon Linux: Security Advisory ALAS-2015-491, stack address randomization issue in 64-bit architectures
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 144 |
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![]() | CVE-2015-1593 | 16 Mar 201510:59 | β | nvd |
![]() | Stack overflow | 16 Mar 201510:59 | β | prion |
![]() | CVE-2015-1593 | 16 Mar 201500:00 | β | ubuntucve |
![]() | CVE-2015-1593 | 16 Mar 201510:59 | β | debiancve |
![]() | K17244 : Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2015-1593 | 8 Sep 201500:00 | β | f5 |
![]() | SOL17244 - Linux kernel vulnerability CVE-2015-1593 | 8 Sep 201500:00 | β | f5 |
![]() | Low: kernel | 13 Mar 201502:34 | β | amazon |
![]() | CVE-2015-1593 | 16 Mar 201510:00 | β | cvelist |
![]() | Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2015-491) | 17 Mar 201500:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2015-3047) | 26 Jun 201500:00 | β | nessus |
Source | Link |
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alas | www.alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-491.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120165");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1593");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:19:00 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
script_version("2025-01-23T05:37:38+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-23 05:37:38 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-491)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2015-491");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-491.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-491 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was reported that stack address is not properly randomized on some 64 bit architectures due to an integer overflow. The stack entropy of the processes is reduced by four.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'kernel' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "AMAZON") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel", rpm:"kernel~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-debuginfo~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debuginfo-common-i686", rpm:"kernel-debuginfo-common-i686~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64", rpm:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-devel", rpm:"kernel-devel~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-doc", rpm:"kernel-doc~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-headers", rpm:"kernel-headers~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-tools", rpm:"kernel-tools~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-tools-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-tools-debuginfo~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-tools-devel", rpm:"kernel-tools-devel~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perf", rpm:"perf~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perf-debuginfo", rpm:"perf-debuginfo~3.14.35~28.38.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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