Important: kernel-livepatch-5.10.68-62.173

Issue Overview: A memory leak flaw in the Linux kernel's hugetlbfs memory usage was found in the way the user maps some regions of memory twice using shmget which are aligned to PUD alignment with the fault of some of the memory pages. A local user could use this flaw to get unauthorized access t...

Medium: kernel-livepatch-4.14.252-195.481

Issue Overview: No CVE associated with this advisory Affected Packages: kernel-livepatch-4.14.252-195.481 Issue Correction: Please ensure you have live patching enabled. Run yum update kernel-livepatch-4.14.252-195.481 or yum update --advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-070 to update your system. New...

Amazon Linux 2 : java-17-amazon-corretto, java-11-amazon-corretto, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2021-1731)

The version of java-1.7.0-openjdk installed on the remote host is prior to 1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2. The version of java-1.8.0-openjdk installed on the remote host is prior to 1.8.0.312.b07-1. The version of java-11-amazon-corretto installed on the remote host is prior to 11.0.13+8-2. The version of...

Medium: kernel-livepatch-4.14.252-195.483

Issue Overview: No CVE associated with this advisory Affected Packages: kernel-livepatch-4.14.252-195.483 Issue Correction: Please ensure you have live patching enabled. Run yum update kernel-livepatch-4.14.252-195.483 or yum update --advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-069 to update your system. New...

Critical: java-1.8.0-amazon-corretto

Issue Overview: No versions of an Amazon Linux Java Virtual Machine JVM are affected by CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046. However, if customers load a log4j version that is affected by CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046 into an Amazon Linux JVM, it will introduce the issues identified in...

Medium: kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474

Issue Overview: No CVE associated with this advisory Affected Packages: kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474 Issue Correction: Please ensure you have live patching enabled. Run yum update kernel-livepatch-4.14.246-187.474 or yum update --advisory ALAS2LIVEPATCH-2021-072 to update your system. New...

Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2021-1553)

The version of java-1.6.0-openjdk installed on the remote host is prior to 1.6.0.41-1.13.13.1.78. The version of java-1.7.0-openjdk installed on the remote host is prior to 1.7.0.261-2.6.22.1.84. The version of java-1.8.0-openjdk installed on the remote host is prior to 1.8.0.312.b07-0.66. It is,...

Critical: java-11-openjdk

Issue Overview: No versions of an Amazon Linux Java Virtual Machine JVM are affected by CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046. However, if customers load a log4j version that is affected by CVE-2021-44228 or CVE-2021-45046 into an Amazon Linux JVM, it will introduce the issues identified in...

Amazon Linux 2 : java-1.8.0-amazon-corretto (ALAS-2021-001) (deprecated)

This plugin has been deprecated following detection of an issue with overlapping filenames. Deprecated by al2ALASCORRETTO8-2021-001.nasl plugin ID 160410 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory...

Amazon Linux 2 : aws-kinesis-agent (ALAS-2021-1730)

The version of aws-kinesis-agent installed on the remote host is prior to 2.0.4-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1730 advisory. Amazon Kinesis Agent versions within Amazon Linux 2 AL2 prior to aws-kinesis-agent-2.0.4-1 included a version of...

Amazon Linux 2 : java-1.8.0-openjdk (ALAS-2021-1726)

The version of java-1.8.0-openjdk installed on the remote host is prior to 1.8.0.312.b07-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1726 advisory. Vulnerability in the Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE component:...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2021-1727)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.256-197.484. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1727 advisory. 2024-08-14: CVE-2021-47203 was added to this advisory. 2024-08-14: CVE-2021-47184 was added to this advisory...

Low: 389-ds-base

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. If an asterisk is imported as password hashes, either accidentally or maliciously, then instead of being inactive, any password will successfully match during authentication. This flaw allows an attacker to successfully authenticate as a user whose...

Amazon Linux 2 : 389-ds-base (ALAS-2021-1723)

The version of 389-ds-base installed on the remote host is prior to 1.3.10.2-13. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1723 advisory. A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. If an asterisk is imported as password hashes, either accidentally or maliciously, then...

Amazon Linux 2 : curl (ALAS-2021-1724)

The version of curl installed on the remote host is prior to 7.79.1-1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1724 advisory. A flaw was found in libcurl. When sending data to an MQTT server could in some situations lead to libcurl using already free...

Amazon Linux 2 : vim (ALAS-2021-1728)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1728 advisory. 2024-05-09: CVE-2020-20703 was added to this advisory. Buffer Overflow vulnerability in VIM v.8.1.2135 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the operand parameter. CVE-2020-20703...

Amazon Linux 2 : cyrus-imapd (ALAS-2021-1725)

The version of cyrus-imapd installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.22-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1725 advisory. A flaw was found in cyrus-imapd. A bad string hashing algorithm used in internal hash tables allows user inputs to be stored i...

Amazon Linux 2 : nss, nss-util, nss-softokn, nspr (ALAS-2021-1722)

The version of nspr installed on the remote host is prior to 4.32.0-1. The version of nss installed on the remote host is prior to 3.67.0-4. The version of nss-softokn installed on the remote host is prior to 3.67.0-3. The version of nss- util installed on the remote host is prior to 3.67.0-1. It...

Amazon Linux AMI : nss (ALAS-2021-1552)

The version of nss installed on the remote host is prior to 3.53.1-7.87. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2021-1552 advisory. NSS Network Security Services up to and including 3.73 is vulnerable to a heap overflow when handling DER-encoded DSA or RSA-PSS...

Medium: containerd

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in containerd. Credentials may be leaked during an image pull. CVE-2020-15157 Affected Packages: containerd Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Nitro-enclaves Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 AL2 Extras and this FAQ secti...