Amazon Linux AMI : fwsnort (ALAS-2014-409)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78352

Synopsis

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

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in fwsnort before 1.6.4, when not running as root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse fwsnort.conf in the current working directory.

Solution

Run 'yum update fwsnort' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-409.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78352

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-409.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/12/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:fwsnort, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0039

ALAS: 2014-409