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Amazon Linux AMI : ganglia (ALAS-2013-268)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71580

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Synopsis

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

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in header.php in Ganglia Web 3.5.8 and 3.5.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the host_regex parameter to the default URI, which is processed by get_context.php.

Solution

Run 'yum update ganglia' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-268.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71580

File Name: ala_ALAS-2013-268.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/23/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-web, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-gmond-python, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-gmetad, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia-gmond, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:ganglia

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6395

ALAS: 2013-268