Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120278
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-572)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'usermode, libuser' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-572 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'usermode, libuser' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-572 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was found that libuser, as used in the chfn userhelper functionality, does not properly filter out newline characters, which allows an authenticated local attacker to corrupt the /etc/passwd file and cause denial-of-service against the system. (CVE-2015-3245) A flaw was found in the way the libuser library handled the /etc/passwd file. A local attacker could use an application compiled against libuser (for example, userhelper) to manipulate the /etc/passwd file, which could result in a denial of service or possibly allow the attacker to escalate their privileges to root. (CVE-2015-3246) Affected Software/OS: 'usermode, libuser' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-3245 1033040 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033040 44633 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44633/ 76021 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76021 FEDORA-2015-12064 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163044.html FEDORA-2015-12301 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162947.html RHSA-2015:1482 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1482.html RHSA-2015:1483 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1483.html https://access.redhat.com/articles/1537873 https://www.qualys.com/2015/07/23/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246/cve-2015-3245-cve-2015-3246.txt Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-3246 76022 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76022 openSUSE-SU-2015:1332 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00000.html
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