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Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2014-401
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.4
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/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
It was found that the distcheck rule in Automake-generated Makefiles made a directory world-writable when preparing source archives. If a malicious, local user could access this directory, they could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running make distcheck.
Solution
Solution
Run yum update automake19 to update your system.