Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-653)
🗓️ 17 Feb 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| alas | www.alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-653.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120643");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7547");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-02-17 09:37:59 +0000 (Wed, 17 Feb 2016)");
script_version("2025-01-23T05:37:39+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-23 05:37:39 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-11-30 21:31:00 +0000 (Fri, 30 Nov 2018)");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-653)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 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-2016-653");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-653.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-653 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the send_dg() and send_vc() functions, used by getaddrinfo() and other higher-level interfaces of glibc. A remote attacker able to cause an application to call either of these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'glibc' 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:"glibc", rpm:"glibc~2.17~106.166.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-common", rpm:"glibc-common~2.17~106.166.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-debuginfo", rpm:"glibc-debuginfo~2.17~106.166.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-debuginfo-common", rpm:"glibc-debuginfo-common~2.17~106.166.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-devel", rpm:"glibc-devel~2.17~106.166.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-headers", rpm:"glibc-headers~2.17~106.166.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-static", rpm:"glibc-static~2.17~106.166.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-utils", rpm:"glibc-utils~2.17~106.166.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nscd", rpm:"nscd~2.17~106.166.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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