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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120458
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-261)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'coreutils' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-261 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'coreutils' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-261 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that the sort, uniq, and join utilities did not properly restrict the use of the alloca() function. An attacker could use this flaw to crash those utilities by providing long input strings. (CVE-2013-0221, CVE-2013-0222, CVE-2013-0223)

Affected Software/OS:
'coreutils' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0221
RHSA-2013:1652
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1652.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798538
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903464
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/149348#diff_headline_coreutils-i18n-patch_diff_action_0_submit_0_19
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0222
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796243
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903465
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-0223
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798541
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=903466
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