Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120470
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-345)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'elfutils' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-345 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'elfutils' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-345 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Integer overflow in the check_section function in dwarf_begin_elf.c in the libdw library, as used in elfutils 0.153 and possibly through 0.158 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed compressed debug section in an ELF file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. Affected Software/OS: 'elfutils' 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-2014-0172 BugTraq ID: 66714 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66714 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-32 https://lists.fedorahosted.org/pipermail/elfutils-devel/2014-April/003921.html http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/54 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2188-1
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