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Amazon Linux AMI : file (ALAS-2019-1186)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123091

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Synopsis

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

Description

do_bid_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printf and file_vprintf. (CVE-2019-8904)

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a has a stack-based buffer over-read, related to file_printable, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-10360 . (CVE-2019-8905)

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. (CVE-2019-8907)

do_core_note in readelf.c in libmagic.a has an out-of-bounds read because memcpy is misused. (CVE-2019-8906)

Solution

Run 'yum update file' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1186.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123091

File Name: ala_ALAS-2019-1186.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2019

Updated: 2/3/2020

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:file, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:file-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:file-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:file-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:file-static, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python26-magic, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python27-magic, cpe:/o:amazon:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8904, CVE-2019-8905, CVE-2019-8906, CVE-2019-8907

ALAS: 2019-1186