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Amazon Linux AMI : expat (ALAS-2016-775)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95895

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Synopsis

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

Description

CVE-2016-0718 : Out-of-bounds read flaw

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the way Expat processed certain input.

A remote attacker could send specially crafted XML that, when parsed by an

application using the Expat library, would cause that application to crash or,

possibly, execute arbitrary code with the permission of the user running the

application.

Solution

Run 'yum update expat' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-775.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95895

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-775.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/16/2016

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

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:expat, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:expat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:expat-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0718

ALAS: 2016-775

RHSA: 2016:2824