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Amazon Linux AMI : nagios (ALAS-2012-50)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69657

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in config.c in config.cgi in (1) Nagios 3.2.3 and (2) Icinga before 1.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the expand parameter, as demonstrated by an (a) command action or a (b) hosts action.

Solution

Run 'yum update nagios' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-50.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69657

File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-50.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2179

ALAS: 2012-50