Amazon Linux AMI : libtasn1 (ALAS-2014-359)

It was discovered that the asn1getbitder function of the libtasn1 library incorrectly reported the length of ASN.1-encoded data. Specially crafted ASN.1 input could cause an application using libtasn1 to perform an out-of-bounds access operation, causing the application to crash or, possibly,...

Amazon Linux AMI : exim (ALAS-2014-395)

expand.c in Exim before 4.83 expands mathematical comparisons twice, which allows local users to gain privileges and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted lookup value. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux AMI...

Amazon Linux AMI : php55 (ALAS-2014-372)

acinclude.m4, as used in the configure script in PHP 5.5.13 and earlier, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/phpglibccheck file. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the File Information fileinfo extension parsed certain Composite Document...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2014-328)

The ip6routeadd function in net/ipv6/route.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service memory consumption via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets. drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel...

Amazon Linux AMI : file (ALAS-2014-323)

The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service CPU consumption via a crafted ASCII file that triggers a large amount of...

Amazon Linux AMI : perl-YAML-LibYAML (ALAS-2014-324)

The yamlparserscantaguri function in scanner.c in LibYAML before 0.1.5 performs an incorrect cast, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted tags in a YAML document, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow...

Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2014-322)

The default configuration in cURL and libcurl 7.10.6 before 7.36.0 re-uses 1 SCP, 2 SFTP, 3 POP3, 4 POP3S, 5 IMAP, 6 IMAPS, 7 SMTP, 8 SMTPS, 9 LDAP, and 10 LDAPS connections, which might allow context-dependent attackers to connect as other users via a request, a similar issue to CVE-2014-0015 . ...

Amazon Linux AMI : xalan-j2 (ALAS-2014-325)

It was found that the secure processing feature of Xalan-Java had insufficient restrictions defined for certain properties and features. A remote attacker able to provide Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations XSLT content to be processed by an application using Xalan-Java could use this...

Amazon Linux AMI : openssl Information Disclosure Vulnerability (ALAS-2014-320)

A missing bounds check was found in the way OpenSSL handled TLS heartbeat extension packets. This flaw could be used to reveal up to 64k of memory from a connected client or server. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon...

Amazon Linux AMI : httpd24 (ALAS-2014-309)

The logcookie function in modlogconfig.c in the modlogconfig module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service segmentation fault and daemon crash via a crafted cookie that is not properly handled during truncation. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

Amazon Linux AMI : php54 (ALAS-2014-313)

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the File Information fileinfo extension handled indirect rules. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a PHP application using fileinfo to crash or consume an excessive amount of CPU. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel Privilege Escalation (ALAS-2013-190)

A flaw was found in the way index into perfsweventenabled array was sanitized. A local, unprivileged user could leverage this flaw to gain elevated privileges on the system. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux AM...

Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql9 (ALAS-2014-306)

Multiple stack-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the date/time implementation of PostgreSQL. An authenticated database user could provide a specially crafted date/time value that, when processed, could cause PostgreSQL to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions ...

Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql8 (ALAS-2014-305)

Multiple stack-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the date/time implementation of PostgreSQL. An authenticated database user could provide a specially crafted date/time value that, when processed, could cause PostgreSQL to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions ...

Amazon Linux AMI : libtiff (ALAS-2014-307)

A heap-based buffer overflow and a use-after-free flaw were found in the tiff2pdf tool. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted TIFF file that would cause tiff2pdf to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2013-1960 , CVE-2013-4232 Multiple buffer overflow flaws...

Amazon Linux AMI : file (ALAS-2014-304)

Fine Free file before 5.17 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service infinite recursion, CPU consumption, and crash via a crafted indirect offset value in the magic of a file. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Amazon Linux AMI : socat (ALAS-2014-300)

Stack-based buffer overflow in socat 1.3.0.0 through 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b6 allows local users to cause a denial of service segmentation fault via a long server name in the PROXY-CONNECT address in the command line. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package...

Amazon Linux AMI : mysql51 (ALAS-2014-298)

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. CVE-2014-0386 , CVE-2014-0393 , CVE-2014-0401 , CVE-2014-0402 , CVE-2014-0412 , CVE-2014-0437 , CVE-2013-5908 A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the MySQL command line client tool mysql processed excessively long...

Amazon Linux AMI : graphviz (ALAS-2014-296)

Stack-based buffer overflow in the chkNum function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to a 'badly formed number' and a 'long digit list.' Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphvi...

Amazon Linux AMI : graphviz-php (ALAS-2014-297)

Stack-based buffer overflow in the chkNum function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz 2.34.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors related to a 'badly formed number' and a 'long digit list.' Stack-based buffer overflow in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphvi...