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Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2014-370
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
3.7
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Insight
Insight
A quoting issue was found in chkrootkit which would lead to a file in /tmp/ being executed, if /tmp/ was mounted without the noexec option. chkrootkit is typically run as the root user. A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Solution
Solution
Run yum update chkrootkit to update your system.