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Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-551)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.4
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
1 year ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update announced via the referenced Security Advisory.
Insight
Insight
As discussed upstream, libcurl can wrongly send HTTP credentials when re-using connections. (CVE-2015-3236 )Also discussed upstream, libcurl can get tricked by a malicious SMB server to send off data it did not intend to. (CVE-2015-3237 )
Solution
Solution
Run yum update curl to update your system.