Amazon Linux AMI : mysql55 (ALAS-2012-144)

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the user permission checking code in MySQL. An authenticated database user could use this flaw to crash the mysqld daemon or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the mysqld daemon. CVE-2012-5611 C Tenable...

Amazon Linux AMI : nrpe (ALAS-2013-203)

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in nrpc.c in Nagios Remote Plug-In Executor NRPE before 2.14 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via '$' shell metacharacters, which are processed by bash. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in...

Amazon Linux AMI : gnutls (ALAS-2012-59)

A flaw was found in the way GnuTLS decrypted malformed TLS records. This could cause a TLS/SSL client or server to crash when processing a specially crafted TLS record from a remote TLS/SSL connection peer. CVE-2012-1573 A boundary error was found in the gnutlssessiongetdata function. A malicious...

Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql8 (ALAS-2012-94)

A flaw was found in the way the crypt password hashing function from the optional PostgreSQL pgcrypto contrib module performed password transformation when used with the DES algorithm. If the password string to be hashed contained the 0x80 byte value, the remainder of the string was ignored when...

Amazon Linux AMI : freetype (ALAS-2011-08)

The MITRE CVE database describes CVE-2011-3256 as : FreeType 2 before 2.4.7, as used in CoreGraphics in Apple iOS before 5, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5, and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service memory corruption via a crafted fon...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2012-133)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the i915gemdoexecbuffer function in the Intel i915 driver in the Linux kernel. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected 32-bit systems. CVE-2012-2384 , Moderate A memory leak flaw was found in the w...

Amazon Linux AMI : texlive (ALAS-2012-48)

TeX Live embeds a copy of t1lib. The t1lib library allows you to rasterize bitmaps from PostScript Type 1 fonts. The following issues affect t1lib code : 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...

Amazon Linux AMI : glibc (ALAS-2012-57)

An integer overflow flaw was found in the implementation of the printf functions family. This could allow an attacker to bypass FORTIFYSOURCE protections and execute arbitrary code using a format string flaw in an application, even though these protections are expected to limit the impact of such...

Amazon Linux AMI : krb5 (ALAS-2013-182)

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-2013-1416 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptiv...

Amazon Linux AMI : openssl (ALAS-2011-04)

The MITRE CVE database describes CVE-2011-3207 as : crypto/x509/x509vfy.c in OpenSSL 1.0.x before 1.0.0e does not initialize certain structure members, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass CRL validation by using a nextUpdate value corresponding to a time in the past. C Tenable...

Amazon Linux AMI : ruby (ALAS-2012-139)

Ruby 1.8.7 before patchlevel 371, 1.9.3 before patchlevel 286, and 2.0 before revision r37068 allows context-dependent attackers to bypass safe-level restrictions and modify untainted strings via the nameerrmesgtostr API function, which marks the string as tainted, a different vulnerability than...

Amazon Linux AMI : socat (ALAS-2013-202)

socat 1.2.0.0 before 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 before 2.0.0-b6, when used for a listen type address and the fork option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service file descriptor consumption via multiple request that are refused based on the 1 sourceport, 2 lowport, 3 range, or 4...

Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2012-136) (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 : php (ALAS-2012-95)

Integer overflow in the pharparsetarfile function in tar.c in the phar extension in PHP before 5.3.14 and 5.4.x before 5.4.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service application crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted tar file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow...

Amazon Linux AMI : bind (ALAS-2013-158)

A flaw was found in the DNS64 implementation in BIND when using Response Policy Zones RPZ. If a remote attacker sent a specially crafted query to a named server that is using RPZ rewrite rules, named could exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure. Note that DNS64 support is not enabled by...

Amazon Linux AMI : freetype (ALAS-2012-66)

Multiple flaws were found in the way FreeType handled fonts in various formats. If a specially crafted font file was loaded by an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin...

Amazon Linux AMI : libpng (ALAS-2012-68)

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libpng processed tEXt chunks in PNG image files. An attacker could create a specially crafted PNG image file that, when opened, could cause an application using libpng to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the...

Amazon Linux AMI : nss (ALAS-2011-21)

It was found that the Malaysia-based Digicert Sdn. Bhd. subordinate Certificate Authority CA issued HTTPS certificates with weak keys. This update renders any HTTPS certificates signed by that CA as untrusted. This covers all uses of the certificates, including SSL, S/MIME, and code signing. Note...

Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql8 (ALAS-2012-82)

The pgdump utility inserted object names literally into comments in the SQL script it produces. An unprivileged database user could create an object whose name includes a newline followed by a SQL command. This SQL command might then be executed by a privileged user during later restore of the...

Amazon Linux AMI : dbus (ALAS-2012-128)

It was discovered that the D-Bus library honored environment settings even when running with elevated privileges. A local attacker could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges, by setting specific environment variables before running a setuid or setgid application linked against the...