Critical: kernel

Issue Overview: An updated kernel release for Amazon Linux has been made available which prevents speculative execution of indirect branches within the kernel. This release incorporates latest stable open source Linux security improvements to address CVE-2017-5715 within the kernel and builds upo...

Amazon Linux AMI : collectd (ALAS-2018-940)

Double free in csnmpreadtable function in snmp.c : The csnmpreadtable function in snmp.c in the SNMP plugin in collectd before 5.6.3 is susceptible to a double free in a certain error case, which could lead to a crash or potentially have other impact. CVE-2017-16820 C Tenable Network Security, In...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2018-939) (Meltdown) (Spectre)

An updated kernel release for Amazon Linux has been made available which prevents speculative execution of indirect branches within the kernel. This release incorporates latest stable open source Linux security improvements to address CVE-2017-5715 within the kernel and builds upon previously...

Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2018-938)

The NTLM authentication feature in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 on 32-bit platforms allows attackers to cause a denial of service integer overflow and resultant buffer overflow, and application crash or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving long user and password fields...

Critical: kernel

Issue Overview: An updated kernel release for Amazon Linux has been made available which prevents speculative execution of indirect branches within the kernel. This release incorporates latest stable open source Linux security improvements to address CVE-2017-5715 within the kernel and builds upo...

Amazon Linux AMI : qemu-kvm (ALAS-2017-934)

Quick Emulator QEMU, compiled with the PC System Emulator with multiboot feature support, is vulnerable to an OOB r/w memory access issue. The issue could occur due to an integer overflow while loading a kernel image during a guest boot. A user or process could use this flaw to potentially achiev...

Amazon Linux AMI : exim (ALAS-2017-932)

Use-after-free in receivemsg function via vectors involving BDAT commands The receivemsg function in receive.c in the SMTP daemon in Exim 4.88 and 4.89 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service use-after-free via vectors involving BDAT commands. CVE-2017-16943...

Amazon Linux AMI : sssd (ALAS-2017-935)

Unsanitized input when searching in local cache database It was found that sssd's sysdbsearchuserbyupnres function did not sanitize requests when querying its local cache and was vulnerable to injection. In a centralized login environment, if a password hash was locally cached for a given user, a...

Amazon Linux AMI : samba (ALAS-2017-933)

Use-after-free in processing SMB1 requests A use-after-free flaw was found in the way samba servers handled certain SMB1 requests. An unauthenticated attacker could send specially crafted SMB1 requests to cause the server to crash or execute arbitrary code. CVE-2017-14746 Server heap-memory...

Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql95 / postgresql96 (ALAS-2017-930)

Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. A remote attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine.CVE-2017-12172 INSERT ... ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE commands in PostgreSQL disclose table...

Amazon Linux AMI : postgresql92 / postgresql93,postgresql94 (ALAS-2017-931)

Privilege escalation flaws were found in the initialization scripts of PostgreSQL. A remote attacker with access to the postgres user account could use these flaws to obtain root access on the server machine. CVE-2017-12172 Invalid jsonpopulaterecordset or jsonbpopulaterecordset function calls in...

Amazon Linux AMI : mysql56 / mysql57 (ALAS-2017-926)

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL subcomponent: Client programs. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized...

Amazon Linux AMI : apr (ALAS-2017-928)

An out-of-bounds array dereference was found in aprtimeexpget. An attacker could abuse an unvalidated usage of this function to cause a denial of service or potentially lead to data leak.CVE-2017-12613 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were...

Amazon Linux AMI : apr-util (ALAS-2017-929)

Apache Portable Runtime Utility APR-util fails to validate the integrity of SDBM database files used by aprsdbm functions, resulting in a possible out of bound read access. A local user with write access to the database can make a program or process using these functions crash, and cause a denial...

Important: apr

Issue Overview: An out-of-bounds array dereference was found in aprtimeexpget. An attacker could abuse an unvalidated usage of this function to cause a denial of service or potentially lead to data leak.CVE-2017-12613 Affected Packages: apr Issue Correction: Run yum update apr or yum update...

Amazon Linux AMI : cacti (ALAS-2017-923)

include/globalsession.php in Cacti 1.1.25 has XSS related to 1 the URI or 2 the refresh page. CVE-2017-15194 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2017-923. include'compat.inc'; if...

Amazon Linux AMI : php56 / php70,php71 (ALAS-2017-924)

pcre: heap buffer overflow in handling of duplicate named groups 8.39/14 The pcrecompile2 function in pcrecompile.c mishandles a specific type of pattern with named subgroups, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service heap-based buffer overflow or possibly have unspecified other...

Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2017-922)

IMAP FETCH response out of bounds read : A buffer overrun flaw was found in the IMAP handler of libcurl. By tricking an unsuspecting user into connecting to a malicious IMAP server, an attacker could exploit this flaw to potentially cause information disclosure or crash the application...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2017-925)

Incorrect updates of uninstantiated keys crash the kernel A vulnerability was found in the key management subsystem of the Linux kernel. An update on an uninstantiated key could cause a kernel panic, leading to denial of service DoS. CVE-2017-15299 Memory leak when merging buffers in SCSI IO...

Amazon Linux AMI : httpd (ALAS-2017-921)

Hash character matches all IPs : A regression was found in httpd, causing comments in the 'Allow' and 'Deny' configuration lines to be parsed incorrectly. A web administrator could unintentionally allow any client to access a restricted HTTP resource. CVE-2017-12171 C Tenable Network Security, In...