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Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-666)

🗓️ 11 Mar 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'sos' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-666 advisory. An insecure temporary file use flaw was found in the way sos created certain sosreport files. Please install the updated package(s)

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# Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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#
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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120656");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7529");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-03-11 05:09:17 +0000 (Fri, 11 Mar 2016)");
  script_version("2021-09-20T11:01:47+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-09-20 11:01:47 +0000 (Mon, 20 Sep 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-09-27 15:52:00 +0000 (Fri, 27 Sep 2019)");

  script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-666)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  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-2016-666");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-666.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'sos' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-666 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An insecure temporary file use flaw was found in the way sos created certain sosreport files. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack to reveal the contents of sosreport files, or in some cases modify arbitrary files and escalate their privileges on the system.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'sos' 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:"sos", rpm:"sos~3.2~28.17.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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11 Mar 2016 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score7.6
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