Important: kernel-livepatch-5.10.192-182.736

Issue Overview: An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igbmain.c in the IGB driver in the Linux kernel before 6.5.3. A buffer size may not be adequate for frames larger than the MTU. CVE-2023-45871 A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nftables compone...

Medium: python-pip

Issue Overview: When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL ie "pip install hg+..." with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could be used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the "hg clone" call ie "--config". Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modify how...

Low: gawk

Issue Overview: A heap out-of-bounds read flaw was found in builtin.c in the gawk package which may result in a crash of the software. CVE-2023-4156 Affected Packages: gawk Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 AL2 Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between A...

Important: kernel-livepatch-5.10.192-183.736

Issue Overview: An issue was discovered in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igbmain.c in the IGB driver in the Linux kernel before 6.5.3. A buffer size may not be adequate for frames larger than the MTU. CVE-2023-45871 A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nftables compone...

Important: xorg-x11-server

Issue Overview: A use-after-free flaw was found in xorg-x11-server-Xvfb. This issue occurs in Xvfb with a very specific and legacy configuration a multi-screen setup with multiple protocol screens, also known as Zaphod mode. If the pointer is warped from a screen 1 to a screen 0, a use-after-free...

Medium: jettison

Issue Overview: Those using Jettison to parse untrusted XML or JSON data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks DOS. If the parser is running on user supplied input, an attacker may supply content that causes the parser to crash by stackoverflow. This effect may support a denial of servic...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-031 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-031)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.139-93.147. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-031 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: llc: verify mac len before reading ma...

Amazon Linux 2 : avahi (ALAS-2023-2372)

The version of avahi installed on the remote host is prior to 0.6.31-20. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2372 advisory. A flaw was found in avahi in versions 0.6 up to 0.8. The event used to signal the termination of the client connection on the avahi...

Amazon Linux 2 : uriparser (ALAS-2023-2368)

The version of uriparser installed on the remote host is prior to 0.7.5-10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2368 advisory. An issue was discovered in uriparser before 0.9.6. It performs invalid free operations in uriNormalizeSyntax. CVE-2021-46142...

Amazon Linux 2 : binutils (ALAS-2023-2373)

The version of binutils installed on the remote host is prior to 2.29.1-31. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2373 advisory. An issue was discovered in GNU libiberty, as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.36. It is a stack-overflow issue in demangletype in...

Amazon Linux 2 : dovecot (ALAS-2023-2365)

The version of dovecot installed on the remote host is prior to 2.2.36-6. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2365 advisory. An issue was discovered in the auth component in Dovecot 2.2 and 2.3 before 2.3.20. When two passdb configuration entries exist wi...

Low: libarchive

Issue Overview: In libarchive 3.6.1, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference or, in some cases, even arbitrary code execution. CVE-2022-36227 Affected...

Amazon Linux 2 : squid (ALAS-2023-2354)

The version of squid installed on the remote host is prior to 3.5.20-17. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2354 advisory. Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Due to an Improper Validation of Specified Index bug, Squid versions 3.3.0.1 through...

Amazon Linux 2 : libarchive (ALAS-2023-2364)

The version of libarchive installed on the remote host is prior to 3.1.2-14. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2364 advisory. In libarchive 3.6.1, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer...

Low: gmp

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in gmp. An integer overflow vulnerability could allow an attacker to input an integer value leading to a crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. CVE-2021-43618 Affected Packages: gmp Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon...

Important: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free

Issue Overview: gstreamer: AV1 codec parser heap-based buffer overflow CVE-2023-44429 gstreamer: MXF demuxer use-after-free vulnerability CVE-2023-44446 Affected Packages: gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 AL2 Core repository. Visit this FAQ section f...

Low: advancecomp

Issue Overview: advancecomp has a segmentation fault on invalid MNG size CVE-2023-2961 Affected Packages: advancecomp Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 AL2 Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories. Issue Correction: Ru...

Amazon Linux 2 : libarchive (ALAS-2023-2374)

The version of libarchive installed on the remote host is prior to 3.1.2-14. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2374 advisory. An improper link resolution flaw can occur while extracting an archive leading to changing modes, times, access control lists,...

Amazon Linux 2 : indent (ALAS-2023-2358)

The version of indent installed on the remote host is prior to 2.2.11-13. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2358 advisory. GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap-based buffer overflow in searchbrace in indent.c via a crafted file. CVE-2023-40305 Tenable has...

Important: microcode_ctl

Issue Overview: An issue was found in redundant REX instruction prefix values affecting third generation Intel Xeon Scalable “Icelake“ processors. The issue may allow a local third-party actor using such instructions to cause a denial of service DOS or achieve privilege escalation. CVE-2023-23583...