Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-257)
🗓️ 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium: dracut | 11 Dec 201300:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : dracut (ALAS-2013-257) | 14 Dec 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 17 : dracut-018-105.git20120927.fc17 (2012-14953) | 15 Oct 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 16 : dracut-018-60.git20120927.fc16 (2012-14959) | 15 Oct 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 18 : dracut-024-5.git20121019.fc18 (2012-16448) | 25 Oct 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| MiracleLinux 4 : dracut-004-336.AXS4.2 (AXSA:2014-007:01) | 16 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 6 : dracut (ELSA-2013-1674) | 27 Nov 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 6 : rhev-hypervisor6 (RHSA-2013:1527) | 8 Nov 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 6 : dracut (RHSA-2013:1674) | 21 Nov 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Scientific Linux Security Update : dracut on SL6.x (noarch) (20131121) | 10 Dec 201300:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| alas | www.alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-257.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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120550");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4453");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:29:24 +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:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-257)");
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-2013-257");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-257.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'dracut' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-257 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 discovered that dracut created initramfs images as world readable. A local user could possibly use this flaw to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as iSCSI authentication passwords, encrypted root file system crypttab passwords, or other information. (CVE-2012-4453)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'dracut' 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:"dracut", rpm:"dracut~004~336.21.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dracut-caps", rpm:"dracut-caps~004~336.21.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dracut-fips", rpm:"dracut-fips~004~336.21.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dracut-fips-aesni", rpm:"dracut-fips-aesni~004~336.21.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dracut-generic", rpm:"dracut-generic~004~336.21.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dracut-kernel", rpm:"dracut-kernel~004~336.21.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dracut-network", rpm:"dracut-network~004~336.21.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"dracut-tools", rpm:"dracut-tools~004~336.21.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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CVSS 22.1
EPSS0.00364