Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120510
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-589)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'pam' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-589 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'pam' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-589 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that the _unix_run_helper_binary() function of PAM's unix_pam module could write to a blocking pipe, possibly causing the function to become unresponsive. An attacker able to supply large passwords to the unix_pam module could use this flaw to enumerate valid user accounts, or cause a denial of service on the system. (CVE-2015-3238) Affected Software/OS: 'pam' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-3238 75428 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75428 FEDORA-2015-10830 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/161249.html FEDORA-2015-10848 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161350.html GLSA-201605-05 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05 RHSA-2015:1640 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1640.html USN-2935-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1 USN-2935-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2 USN-2935-3 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3 [oss-security] 20150625 Linux-PAM 1.2.1 released to address CVE-2015-3238 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/13 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2016v3-2985753.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228571 https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2015-011/?fid=6551 https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Username-Enumeration-against-OpenSSH-SELinux-with-CVE-2015-3238/
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