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Amazon Linux AMI : icu (ALAS-2012-33)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69640

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way ICU performed variant canonicalization for some locale identifiers. If a specially crafted locale representation was opened in an application linked against ICU, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2011-4599)

Solution

Run 'yum update icu' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-33.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69640

File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-33.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:icu-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:icu, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libicu-doc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libicu, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libicu-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4599

ALAS: 2012-33

RHSA: 2011:1815