Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120312
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-357)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'readline' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-357 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'readline' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-357 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file. Affected Software/OS: 'readline' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 3.3 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-2524 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579 http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1226 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html
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