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Amazon Linux AMI : aws-cfn-bootstrap (ALAS-2017-895)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103229

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Synopsis

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

Description

The default umask value is set to 022 to address a privilege escalation security vulnerability.

Solution

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See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-895.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103229

File Name: ala_ALAS-2017-895.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2017

Updated: 12/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:aws-cfn-bootstrap

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2017

Reference Information

ALAS: 2017-895