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Amazon Linux AMI : jakarta-taglibs-standard (ALAS-2015-595)

high Nessus Plugin ID 86073

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was found that the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) allowed the processing of untrusted XML documents to utilize external entity references, which could access resources on the host system and, potentially, allowing arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Run 'yum update jakarta-taglibs-standard' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-595.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86073

File Name: ala_ALAS-2015-595.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/23/2015

Updated: 5/16/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

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:jakarta-taglibs-standard, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/22/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0254

ALAS: 2015-595

RHSA: 2015:1695