Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120241
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-399)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-399 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-399 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: An off-by-one heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in glibc's internal __gconv_translit_find() function. An attacker able to make an application call the iconv_open() function with a specially crafted argument could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of that application. Affected Software/OS: 'glibc' 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-2014-5119 20140826 CVE-2014-5119 glibc __gconv_translit_find() exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Aug/69 20140910 Cisco Unified Communications Manager glibc Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-5119 60345 http://secunia.com/advisories/60345 60358 http://secunia.com/advisories/60358 60441 http://secunia.com/advisories/60441 61074 http://secunia.com/advisories/61074 61093 http://secunia.com/advisories/61093 68983 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68983 69738 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69738 DSA-3012 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3012 GLSA-201602-02 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02 MDVSA-2014:175 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:175 RHSA-2014:1110 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html RHSA-2014:1118 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1118.html SUSE-SU-2014:1125 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00017.html [oss-security] 20170713 Re: [CVE Request] glibc iconv_open buffer overflow (was: Re: Re: glibc locale issues) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/13/5 [oss-security] 20170713 glibc locale issues http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/1 http://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-poisoned-nul-byte-2014-edition.html http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.html http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21685604 https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=96 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17187
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