Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120203
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2012-39)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-39 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-39 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way the glibc library read timezone files. If a carefully-crafted timezone file was loaded by an application linked against glibc, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2009-5029) A denial of service flaw was found in the remote procedure call (RPC) implementation in glibc. A remote attacker able to open a large number of connections to an RPC service that is using the RPC implementation from glibc, could use this flaw to make that service use an excessive amount of CPU time. (CVE-2011-4609) Affected Software/OS: 'glibc' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-5029 20111203 VSFTPD Remote Heap Overrun (low severity) http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2011-December/084452.html [libc-alpha] 20111215 integer overflow to heap overrun exploit in glibc http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-12/msg00037.html http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/ http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4609 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767299
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