Amazon Linux 2 : vim (ALAS-2023-2353)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2353 advisory. Vim is an open source command line text editor. When closing a window, vim may try to access already freed window structure. Exploitation beyond crashing the application has not been shown to be...

Medium: samba

Issue Overview: When doing NTLM authentication, the client sends replies to cryptographic challenges back to the server. These replies have variable length. Winbind did not properly bounds-check the lan manager response length, which despite the lan manager version no longer being used is still...

Medium: wireshark

Issue Overview: A heap based buffer overflow in Wireshark's NetScreen file parser may lead to a local arbitrary code execution via a crafted capture file. CVE-2023-6175 Affected Packages: wireshark Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 AL2 Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for...

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...

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...

Medium: indent

Issue Overview: GNU indent 2.2.13 has a heap-based buffer overflow in searchbrace in indent.c via a crafted file. CVE-2023-40305 Affected Packages: indent Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 AL2 Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2...

Amazon Linux 2 : openssl-snapsafe (ALASOPENSSL-SNAPSAFE-2023-004)

The version of openssl-snapsafe installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.2k-24. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2OPENSSL-SNAPSAFE-2023-004 advisory. Issue summary: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checkingexcessively long X9.42 DH keys or...

Amazon Linux 2 : python-wheel (ALAS-2023-2362)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2362 advisory. An issue discovered in Python Packaging Authority PyPA Wheel 0.37.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via attacker controlled input to wheel cli. CVE-2022-40898 Tenable has...

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 : libX11 (ALAS-2023-2356)

The version of libX11 installed on the remote host is prior to 1.6.7-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2356 advisory. A vulnerability was found in libX11 due to an infinite loop within the PutSubImage function. This flaw allows a local user to consum...

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 : jettison (ALAS-2023-2363)

The version of jettison installed on the remote host is prior to 1.3.3-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2363 advisory. Those using Jettison to parse untrusted XML or JSON data may be vulnerable to Denial of Service attacks DOS. If the parser is...

Amazon Linux 2 : gawk (ALAS-2023-2357)

The version of gawk installed on the remote host is prior to 4.0.2-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2357 advisory. 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...

Amazon Linux 2 : mailman (ALAS-2023-2370)

The version of mailman installed on the remote host is prior to 2.1.15-30. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2370 advisory. In GNU Mailman before 2.1.36, a crafted URL to the Cgi/options.py user options page can execute arbitrary JavaScript for...

OpenSearch StackOverflow vulnerability

Impact A flaw was discovered in OpenSearch, affecting the search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and corresponds to security advisory ESA-2023-14 CVE-2023-31419...

USN-6519-2: EC2 hibagent update

USN-6519-1 added IMDSv2 support to EC2 hibagent. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Original advisory details: The EC2 hibagent package has been updated to add IMDSv2 support, as IMDSv1 uses an insecure protocol and is no longer recommended...

WordPress Widgets for Amazon Reviews Plugin <= 11.0.2 is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload

Software Widgets for Amazon Reviews Type Plugin Vulnerable versions = 11.0.2 Fixed in 11.1 OWASP Top 10 A3: Injection Classification Arbitrary File Upload CVE CVE-2023-48275 Patch priority Medium CVSS severity Medium 8 Developer Claim ownership PSID d4ed9c5c2f5b Credits Rafie Muhammad Patchstack...

Study Finds Amazon, eBay and Afterpay as Top Android User Data Collectors

By Deeba Ahmed Amazon and eBay have been declared the highest data-collecting platforms among all the Android shopping apps researchers examined. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Study Finds Amazon, eBay and Afterpay as Top Android User Data Collectors...

Amazonify <= 0.8.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Amazon Tracking ID Update

Description The Amazonify plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 0.8.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the amazonifyOptionsPage function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update the...

Dropshipping & Affiliation with Amazon <= 2.1.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

Description The Dropshipping & Affiliation with Amazon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation on files imported from a URL via the wpasimportproductfromamazon function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 2.1.2. This...