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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120369
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-500)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'gpgme' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-500 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'gpgme' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-500 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the status_handler function in (1) engine-gpgsm.c and (2) engine-uiserver.c in GPGME before 1.5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to 'different line lengths in a specific order.'

Affected Software/OS:
'gpgme' 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-2014-3564
109699
http://www.osvdb.org/109699
68990
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68990
DSA-3005
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3005
[oss-security] 20140731 CVE-2014-3564 gpgme: heap-based buffer overflow in gpgsm status handler
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/266
http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=gpgme.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2cbd76f7911fc215845e89b50d6af5ff4a83dd77
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113267
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