Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 2 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-1061 CVE-2018-1060 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
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Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Amazon Web Services |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.
EUVDB-ID: #VU12282
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1061
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on he target system.
The weakness exists due to the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in python's difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method difflib. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Update the affected packages.
i686:Vulnerable software versions
python27-libs-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
python27-debuginfo-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
python27-test-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
python27-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
python27-devel-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
python27-tools-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
src:
python27-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.src
x86_64:
python27-debuginfo-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
python27-libs-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
python27-devel-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
python27-tools-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
python27-test-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
python27-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-1108.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.
EUVDB-ID: #VU12283
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1060
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on he target system.
The weakness exists due to the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in apop() method in pop3lib. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Update the affected packages.
i686:Vulnerable software versions
python27-libs-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
python27-debuginfo-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
python27-test-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
python27-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
python27-devel-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
python27-tools-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.i686
src:
python27-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.src
x86_64:
python27-debuginfo-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
python27-libs-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
python27-devel-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
python27-tools-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
python27-test-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
python27-2.7.15-1.124.amzn1.x86_64
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-1108.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.