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Amazon Linux AMI : jq (ALAS-2016-705)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91464

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Synopsis

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

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the tokenadd() function. By tricking a victim into processing a specially crafted JSON file, an attacker could use this flaw to crash jq or, potentially, execute arbitrary code on the victim's system.
(CVE-2015-8863)

Solution

Run 'yum update jq' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-705.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91464

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-705.nasl

Version: 2.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/6/2016

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jq, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jq-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jq-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:jq-libs, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8863

ALAS: 2016-705