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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120424
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-441)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update announced via the referenced Security Advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update announced via the referenced Security Advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The REXML parser in Ruby 1.9.x before 1.9.3-p550, 2.0.x before 2.0.0-p594, and 2.1.x before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted XML document, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Solution:
Run yum update ruby20 to update your system.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8080
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
BugTraq ID: 70935
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70935
Debian Security Information: DSA-3157 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3157
Debian Security Information: DSA-3159 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3159
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:129
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1911
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1911.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1912
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1912.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1913
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1913.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1914
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1914.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61607
http://secunia.com/advisories/62050
http://secunia.com/advisories/62748
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1589 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00035.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0002 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00000.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0007 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00004.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2397-1
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