Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120071
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2012-115)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'dhcp' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-115 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'dhcp' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-115 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A denial of service flaw was found in the way the dhcpd daemon handled zero-length client identifiers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially-crafted request to dhcpd, possibly causing it to enter an infinite loop and consume an excessive amount of CPU time. (CVE-2012-3571) Two memory leak flaws were found in the dhcpd daemon. A remote attacker could use these flaws to cause dhcpd to exhaust all available memory by sending a large number of DHCP requests. (CVE-2012-3954) Affected Software/OS: 'dhcp' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.1 CVSS Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3571 BugTraq ID: 54665 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54665 Debian Security Information: DSA-2516 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2516 Debian Security Information: DSA-2519 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2519 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-06.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:115 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:116 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:1140 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1140.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2012:1141 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1141.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:1006 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00030.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1519-1 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3954 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027300
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