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Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-165)

🗓️ 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-165) states a vulnerability in the 'openssh' package(s) due to an error in the pam_ssh_agent_auth PAM module

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120388");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5536");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:25:13 +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:"6.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-165)");
  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-2013-165");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-165.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'openssh' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-165 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Due to the way the pam_ssh_agent_auth PAM module was built, the glibc's error() function was called rather than the intended error() function in pam_ssh_agent_auth to report errors. As these two functions expect different arguments, it was possible for an attacker to cause an application using pam_ssh_agent_auth to crash, disclose portions of its memory or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2012-5536)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'openssh' 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:"openssh", rpm:"openssh~5.3p1~84.20.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openssh-clients", rpm:"openssh-clients~5.3p1~84.20.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openssh-debuginfo", rpm:"openssh-debuginfo~5.3p1~84.20.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openssh-ldap", rpm:"openssh-ldap~5.3p1~84.20.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"openssh-server", rpm:"openssh-server~5.3p1~84.20.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"pam_ssh_agent_auth", rpm:"pam_ssh_agent_auth~0.9.3~84.20.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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23 Jan 2025 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.5
CVSS 26.2
EPSS0.00437
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