Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120165
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-491)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-491 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-491 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was reported that stack address is not properly randomized on some 64 bit architectures due to an integer overflow. The stack entropy of the processes is reduced by four. Affected Software/OS: 'kernel' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-1593 BugTraq ID: 72607 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72607 Debian Security Information: DSA-3170 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 http://hmarco.org/bugs/linux-ASLR-integer-overflow.html https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/1/7/811 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/13/13 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1137 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1137.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1138 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1138.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1221 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1221.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:3517 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3517 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0714 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2560-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2561-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2562-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2563-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2564-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2565-1
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