5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
8.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.017 Low
EPSS
Percentile
87.8%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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#
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#
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120455");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-6040", "CVE-2014-7817");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:26:45 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
script_version("2022-01-07T03:03:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-01-07 03:03:10 +0000 (Fri, 07 Jan 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-468)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 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-2015-468");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-468.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-468 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way glibc's iconv() function converted certain encoded data to UTF-8. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv() function with a specially crafted argument could use this flaw to crash that application. (CVE-2014-6040)
It was found that the wordexp() function would perform command substitution even when the WRDE_NOCMD flag was specified. An attacker able to provide specially crafted input to an application using the wordexp() function, and not sanitizing the input correctly, could potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with the credentials of the user running that application. (CVE-2014-7817)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'glibc' 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:"glibc", rpm:"glibc~2.17~55.92.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-common", rpm:"glibc-common~2.17~55.92.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-debuginfo", rpm:"glibc-debuginfo~2.17~55.92.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-debuginfo-common", rpm:"glibc-debuginfo-common~2.17~55.92.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-devel", rpm:"glibc-devel~2.17~55.92.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-headers", rpm:"glibc-headers~2.17~55.92.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-static", rpm:"glibc-static~2.17~55.92.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-utils", rpm:"glibc-utils~2.17~55.92.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nscd", rpm:"nscd~2.17~55.92.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);