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Amazon Linux AMI : dhcp (ALAS-2016-637)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87971

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Synopsis

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

Description

ISC DHCP 4.x before 4.1-ESV-R12-P1 and 4.2.x and 4.3.x before 4.3.3-P1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid length field in a UDP IPv4 packet.

Solution

Run 'yum update dhcp' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-637.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87971

File Name: ala_ALAS-2016-637.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/19/2016

Updated: 4/18/2018

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8605

ALAS: 2016-637