Amazon Linux 2 : bind (ALAS-2019-1231)

A flaw was found in the way bind implemented tunable which limited simultaneous TCP client connections. A remote attacker could use this flaw to exhaust the pool of file descriptors available to named, potentially affecting network connections and the management of files such as log files or zone...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2019-1222) (SACK Panic) (SACK Slowness)

CVE-2019-11477 , CVE-2019-11478 and CVE-2019-11479 describe vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that can be remotely exploited using a specially crafted TCP connection, crashing the targeted system. The latest Amazon Linux 2 AMIs as available in AWS EC2 already contain these kernels and are not...

Amazon Linux 2 : libX11 (ALAS-2019-1226)

An off-by-one error has been discovered in libX11 in functions XGetFontPath, XListExtensions, and XListFonts. An attacker who can either configure a malicious X server or modify the data coming from one could use this flaw to make the program crash or have other unspecified effects, caused by the...

Amazon Linux 2 : wget (ALAS-2019-1227)

Buffer overflow in GNU Wget allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service DoS or may execute an arbitrary code via unspecified vectors. CVE-2019-5953 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 : thunderbird (ALAS-2019-1229)

Mozilla: Buffer overflow in WebGL bufferdata on Linux CVE-2019-11693 Mozilla: Use-after-free in XMLHttpRequest CVE-2019-11691 Cross-origin images can be read in violation of the same-origin policy by exporting an image after using createImageBitmap to read the image and then rendering the resulti...

Critical: kernel

Issue Overview: CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478 and CVE-2019-11479 describe vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that can be remotely exploited using a specially crafted TCP connection, crashing the targeted system. The latest Amazon Linux 2 AMIs as available in AWS EC2 already contain these kernel...

Important: python-jinja2

Issue Overview: In Pallets Jinja, str.format allows a sandbox escape. CVE-2016-10745 Affected Packages: python-jinja2 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 : poppler (ALAS-2019-1217)

There is a NULL pointer dereference in the AnnotPath::getCoordsLength function in Annot.h. A crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. Poppler versions later than 0.41.0 are not affected.CVE-2018-10768 The FoFiType1C::cvtGlyph function in fofi/FoFiType1C.cc in Poppler allows...

Amazon Linux 2 : flatpak (ALAS-2019-1219)

Flatpak allows a sandbox bypass. Flatpak versions since 0.8.1 address CVE-2017-5226 by using a seccomp filter to prevent sandboxed apps from using the TIOCSTI ioctl, which could otherwise be used to inject commands into the controlling terminal so that they would be executed outside the sandbox...

Amazon Linux 2 : freeradius (ALAS-2019-1218)

FreeRADIUS mishandles the 'each participant verifies that the received scalar is within a range, and that the received group element is a valid point on the curve being used' protection mechanism, aka a 'Dragonblood' issue, a similar issue to CVE-2019-9498 and CVE-2019-9499 .CVE-2019-11235...

Amazon Linux 2 : openssh (ALAS-2019-1216)

An issue was discovered in OpenSSH. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned only directory traversal attacks are prevented. A...

Amazon Linux 2 : libxml2 (ALAS-2019-1220)

A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to leak potentially sensitive information.CVE-2015-8242 A denial of service flaw was found in...

Medium: libxml2

Issue Overview: A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to leak potentially sensitive information.CVE-2015-8242 A denial of service flaw w...

Amazon Linux 2 : mod_auth_mellon (ALAS-2019-1200)

A vulnerability was found in a previous version of modauthmellon. An open redirect in the logout URL allows requests with backslashes to pass through by assuming that it is a relative URL, while the browsers silently convert backslash characters into forward slashes treating them as an absolute...

Amazon Linux 2 : python-urllib3 (ALAS-2019-1211)

urllib3 before version 1.23 does not remove the Authorization HTTP header when following a cross-origin redirect i.e., a redirect that differs in host, port, or scheme. This can allow for credentials in the Authorization header to be exposed to unintended hosts or transmitted in...

Amazon Linux 2 : libqb (ALAS-2019-1210)

A flaw was found in libqb. Insecure handling of temporary files could be exploited by a local attacker to overwrite privileged system files. Upstream issue : https://github.com/ClusterLabs/libqb/issues/338 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin wer...

Amazon Linux 2 : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2019-1209)

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded component of Oracle Java SE subcomponent: Libraries. Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u211, 8u202, 11.0.2 and 12; Java SE Embedded: 8u201. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2019-1212)

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of RDS over TCP. A system that has the rdstcp kernel module loaded either through autoload via local process running listen, or manual loading could possibly cause a use after free UAF in which an attacker who is able to manipulate socket stat...

Medium: libqb

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in libqb. Insecure handling of temporary files could be exploited by a local attacker to overwrite privileged system files. Upstream issue: https://github.com/ClusterLabs/libqb/issues/338 Affected Packages: libqb Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2019-1205) (MDSUM/RIDL) (MFBDS/RIDL/ZombieLoad) (MLPDS/RIDL) (MSBDS/Fallout)

Microarchitectural Store Buffer Data Sampling MSBDS CVE-2018-12126 - Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling MFBDS CVE-2018-12130 - Microarchitectural Load Port Data Sampling MLPDS CVE-2018-12127 - Microarchitectural Data Sampling Uncacheable Memory MDSUM CVE-2019-11091 MSBDS leaks Store...