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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120000
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-595)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'jakarta-taglibs-standard' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-595 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'jakarta-taglibs-standard' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-595 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was found that the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) allowed the processing of untrusted XML documents to utilize external entity references, which could access resources on the host system and, potentially, allowing arbitrary code execution.

Affected Software/OS:
'jakarta-taglibs-standard' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-0254
BugTraq ID: 72809
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72809
Bugtraq: 20150227 [SECURITY] CVE-2015-0254 XXE and RCE via XSL extension in JSTL XML tags (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534772/100/0/threaded
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130575/Apache-Standard-Taglibs-1.2.1-XXE-Remote-Command-Execution.html
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc1686f6196bb9063bf26577a21b8033c19c1a30e5a9159869c8f3d38@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6c93d8ade3788dbc00f5a37238bc278e7d859f2446b885460783a16f@%3Cpluto-dev.portals.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1179e6971bc46f0f68879a9a10cc97ad4424451b0889aeef04c8077@%3Cpluto-scm.portals.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8a20e48acb2a40be5130df91cf9d39d8ad93181989413d4abcaa4914@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f8e0814e11c7f21f42224b6de111cb3f5e5ab5c15b78924c516d4ec2@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfc2bfd99c340dafd501676693cd889c1f9f838b97bdd0776a8f5557d@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3b72cbb13e1dfe85c4a06959a3b6ca6d939b407ecca80db12b54220@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-taglibs-user/201502.mbox/%3C82207A16-6348-4DEE-877E-F7B87292576A%40apache.org%3E
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1695
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1695.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1376
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1376
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1838
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1838.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1839
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1839.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1840
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1840.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:1841
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1841.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034934
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1751 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00033.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2551-1
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