SB2012040504 - Amazon Linux AMI update for iproute
Published: April 5, 2012
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012040504
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1088)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
iproute2 before 3.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file used by (1) configure or (2) examples/dhcp-client-script.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.