Amazon Linux AMI update for nginx



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2012-1180
CWE-ID CWE-416
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU32813

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1180

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing a crafted backend response, in conjunction with a client request. A remote HTTP servers can obtain sensitive information from process memory.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

i686:
    nginx-1.0.14-1.8.amzn1.i686
    nginx-debuginfo-1.0.14-1.8.amzn1.i686

src:
    nginx-1.0.14-1.8.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    nginx-debuginfo-1.0.14-1.8.amzn1.x86_64
    nginx-1.0.14-1.8.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-63.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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