Amazon Linux AMI : libproxy (ALAS-2012-140)

A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libproxy handled the downloading of proxy auto-configuration PAC files. A malicious server hosting a PAC file or a man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to cause an application using libproxy to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code, if th...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2012-83)

It was found that the datalen parameter of the sockallocsendpskb function in the Linux kernel's networking implementation was not validated before use. A local user with access to a TUN/TAP virtual interface could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges. Note...

Amazon Linux AMI : cups (ALAS-2013-170)

It was discovered that CUPS administrative users members of the SystemGroups groups who are permitted to perform CUPS configuration changes via the CUPS web interface could manipulate the CUPS configuration to gain unintended privileges. Such users could read or write arbitrary files with the...

Amazon Linux AMI : php (ALAS-2011-07)

The MITRE CVE database describes these CVEs as : Revert isa behavior to php = 5.3.6 and add a new new option allowstring for the new behavior accept string and raise autoload if needed Use-after-free vulnerability in the substrreplace function in PHP 5.3.6 and earlier allows context-dependent...

Amazon Linux AMI : php (ALAS-2012-116)

Unspecified vulnerability in the phpstreamscandir function in the stream implementation in PHP before 5.3.15 and 5.4.x before 5.4.5 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to an 'overflow.' C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Amazon Linux AMI : socat (ALAS-2012-87)

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xioscanreadline function in xio-readline.c in socat 1.4.0.0 through 1.7.2.0 and 2.0.0-b1 through 2.0.0-b4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the READLINE address. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugi...

Amazon Linux AMI : krb5 (ALAS-2011-28)

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the way the MIT Kerberos KDC processed certain TGS Ticket-granting Server requests. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash the KDC via a specially crafted TGS request. CVE-2011-1530 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptiv...

Amazon Linux AMI : libtiff (ALAS-2012-147)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libtiff processed certain TIFF images using the Pixar Log Format encoding. An attacker could create a specially crafted TIFF file that, when opened, could cause an application using libtiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with t...

Amazon Linux AMI : systemtap (ALAS-2012-54)

An invalid pointer read flaw was found in the way SystemTap handled malformed debugging information in DWARF format. When SystemTap unprivileged mode was enabled, an unprivileged user in the stapusr group could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, read arbitrary kernel memory...

Amazon Linux AMI : dhcp (ALAS-2013-157)

A flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled the expiration time of IPv6 leases. If dhcpd's configuration was changed to reduce the default IPv6 lease time, lease renewal requests for previously assigned leases could cause dhcpd to crash. CVE-2012-3955 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Amazon Linux AMI : krb5 (ALAS-2011-15)

Multiple NULL pointer dereference and assertion failure flaws were found in the MIT Kerberos KDC when it was configured to use an LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol or Berkeley Database Berkeley DB back end. A remote attacker could use these flaws to crash the KDC. CVE-2011-1527 ,...

Amazon Linux AMI : rsyslog (ALAS-2012-105)

A numeric truncation error, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the rsyslog imfile module processed text files containing long lines. An attacker could use this flaw to crash the rsyslogd daemon or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of rsyslogd, if the...

Amazon Linux AMI : libtiff (ALAS-2012-106)

libtiff did not properly convert between signed and unsigned integer values, leading to a buffer overflow. An attacker could use this flaw to create a specially crafted TIFF file that, when opened, would cause an application linked against libtiff to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code...

Amazon Linux AMI : jakarta-commons-httpclient (ALAS-2013-169)

The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component did not verify that the server hostname matched the domain name in the subject's Common Name CN or subjectAltName field in X.509 certificates. This could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof an SSL server if they had a certificate that was valid for...

Amazon Linux AMI : perl-DBD-Pg (ALAS-2012-112)

Two format string flaws were found in perl-DBD-Pg. A specially crafted database warning or error message from a server could cause an application using perl-DBD-Pg to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. CVE-2012-1151 C Tenable...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2011-16)

The skbgroheaderslow function in include/linux/netdevice.h in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4, when Generic Receive Offload GRO is enabled, resets certain fields in incorrect situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service system crash via crafted network traffic. Race...

Amazon Linux AMI : pam (ALAS-2013-160)

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the pamenv module parsed users' '/.pamenvironment' files. If an application's PAM configuration contained 'userreadenv=1' this is not the default, a local attacker could use this flaw to crash the application or, possibly, escalate their...

Amazon Linux AMI : t1lib (ALAS-2012-40)

Two heap-based buffer overflow flaws were found in the way t1lib processed Adobe Font Metrics AFM files. If a specially crafted font file was opened by an application linked against t1lib, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2012-142)

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's memory management subsystem in the way quota handling for huge pages was performed. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or, potentially, escalate their privileges. CVE-2012-2133 , Moderate A use-after-fr...

Amazon Linux AMI : puppet (ALAS-2013-213)

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.22 and 3.2.x before 3.2.2, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.8.2, deserializes untrusted YAML, which allows remote attackers to instantiate arbitrary Ruby classes and execute arbitrary code via a crafted REST API call. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...