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Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-256)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update announced via the referenced Security Advisory.

Insight

Insight

A flaw was found in the way ibutils handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause arbitrary files to be overwritten as the root user via a symbolic link attack.It was discovered that librdmacm used a static port to connect to the ib_acm service. A local attacker able to run a specially crafted ib_acm service on that port could use this flaw to provide incorrect address resolution information to librmdacm applications.

Solution

Solution

Run yum update openmpi to update your system.

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