Amazon Linux AMI update for jakarta-taglibs-standard



Published: 2015-09-22
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-0254
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU27250

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0254

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Information Manager Console (Apache Standard Taglibs) component in Oracle Knowledge. A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read and manipulate data.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

noarch:
    jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.9.amzn1.noarch
    jakarta-taglibs-standard-javadoc-1.1.1-11.7.9.amzn1.noarch

src:
    jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.1-11.7.9.amzn1.src

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-595.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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