Amazon Linux AMI : sudo (ALAS-2012-110)

A flaw was found in the way the network matching code in sudo handled multiple IP networks listed in user specification configuration directives. A user, who is authorized to run commands with sudo on specific hosts, could use this flaw to bypass intended restrictions and run those commands on...

Amazon Linux AMI : freeradius (ALAS-2012-131)

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the way radiusd handled the expiration date field in X.509 client certificates. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to crash radiusd if it were configured to use the certificate or TLS tunnelled authentication methods such as EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS,...

Amazon Linux AMI : mysql51 (ALAS-2012-141)

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory pages, listed below. - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2012-366314.htmlAppendixMSQL April 2012 -...

Amazon Linux AMI : libexif (ALAS-2012-126)

Multiple flaws were found in the way libexif processed Exif tags. An attacker could create a specially crafted image file that, when opened in an application linked against libexif, could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user runnin...

Amazon Linux AMI : dnsmasq (ALAS-2013-161)

It was discovered that dnsmasq, when used in combination with certain libvirtd configurations, could incorrectly process network packets from network interfaces that were intended to be prohibited. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service via DNS...

Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2013-207)

Multiple flaws were discovered in the ImagingLib and the image attribute, channel, layout and raster processing in the 2D component. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use these flaws to trigger Java Virtual Machine memory corruption. CVE-2013-2470 , CVE-2013-2471 ,...

Amazon Linux AMI : nvidia (ALAS-2012-67)

The NVIDIA UNIX driver before 295.40 allows local users to access arbitrary memory locations by leveraging GPU device-node read/write privileges. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory...

Amazon Linux AMI : mysql51 (ALAS-2013-186)

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the MySQL database server. Information about these flaws can be found in the References section. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2013-18...

Amazon Linux AMI : python26 (ALAS-2012-80)

SimpleXMLRPCServer.py in SimpleXMLRPCServer in Python before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, 3.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service infinite loop and CPU consumption via an XML-RPC POST request that contains a smaller amount of data than specified...

Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql9 (ALAS-2012-121)

The libxslt support in contrib/xml2 in PostgreSQL 8.3 before 8.3.20, 8.4 before 8.4.13, 9.0 before 9.0.9, and 9.1 before 9.1.5 does not properly restrict access to files and URLs, which allows remote authenticated users to modify data, obtain sensitive information, or trigger outbound traffic to...

Amazon Linux AMI : httpd24 (ALAS-2013-194)

Cross-site scripting XSS flaws were found in the modproxybalancer module's manager web interface. If a remote attacker could trick a user, who was logged into the manager web interface, into visiting a specially crafted URL, it would lead to arbitrary web script execution in the context of the...

Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2013-168)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the 2D component handled certain sample model instances. A specially crafted sample model instance could cause Java Virtual Machine memory corruption and, possibly, lead to arbitrary code execution with virtual machine privileges. CVE-2013-0809 It was...

Amazon Linux AMI : openldap (ALAS-2012-117)

It was found that the OpenLDAP server daemon ignored olcTLSCipherSuite settings. This resulted in the default cipher suite always being used, which could lead to weaker than expected ciphers being accepted during Transport Layer Security TLS negotiation with OpenLDAP clients. CVE-2012-2668 C...

Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql9 (ALAS-2012-91)

The cryptdes aka DES-based crypt function in FreeBSD before 9.0-RELEASE-p2, as used in PHP, PostgreSQL, and other products, does not process the complete cleartext password if this password contains a 0x80 character, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain access via an...

Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2012-137) (ROBOT)

Multiple improper permission check issues were discovered in the Beans, Swing, and JMX components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2012-5086 , CVE-2012-5084 , CVE-2012-5089 Multiple improper permission check issues...

Amazon Linux AMI : libxslt (ALAS-2012-123)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxslt applied templates to nodes selected by certain namespaces. An attacker could use this flaw to create a malicious XSL file that, when used by an application linked against libxslt to perform an XSL transformation, could cause the...

Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql9 (ALAS-2013-178)

Argument injection vulnerability in PostgreSQL 9.2.x before 9.2.4, 9.1.x before 9.1.9, and 9.0.x before 9.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service file corruption, and allows remote authenticated users to modify configuration settings and execute arbitrary code, via a connection...

Amazon Linux AMI : php (ALAS-2012-37)

It was found that the hashing routine used by PHP arrays was susceptible to predictable hash collisions. If an HTTP POST request to a PHP application contained many parameters whose names map to the same hash value, a large amount of CPU time would be consumed. This flaw has been mitigated by...

Amazon Linux AMI : openssl (ALAS-2012-38)

It was discovered that the Datagram Transport Layer Security DTLS protocol implementation in OpenSSL leaked timing information when performing certain operations. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to retrieve plain text from the encrypted packets by using a DTLS server as a padding...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel / nvidia (ALAS-2013-148)

A malicious Network File System version 4 NFSv4 server could return a crafted reply to a GETACL request, causing a denial of service on the client. CVE-2012-2375 , Moderate A divide-by-zero flaw was found in the TCP Illinois congestion control algorithm implementation in the Linux kernel. If the...