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Amazon Linux AMI : apr (ALAS-2017-928)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105052

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Synopsis

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

Description

An out-of-bounds array dereference was found in apr_time_exp_get(). An attacker could abuse an unvalidated usage of this function to cause a denial of service or potentially lead to data leak.(CVE-2017-12613)

Solution

Run 'yum update apr' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2017-928.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105052

File Name: ala_ALAS-2017-928.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/7/2017

Updated: 11/12/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12613

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12613

ALAS: 2017-928