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...

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...

Amazon Linux 2 : python-pip (ALAS-2023-2349)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2349 advisory. When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL ie pip installhg+... with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision couldbe used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the hg clonecall...

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 : 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...

Amazon Linux 2 : gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free (ALAS-2023-2355)

The version of gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free installed on the remote host is prior to 1.18.4-5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2355 advisory. gstreamer: AV1 codec parser heap-based buffer overflow CVE-2023-44429 gstreamer: MXF demuxer...

Amazon Linux 2 : wireshark (ALAS-2023-2348)

The version of wireshark installed on the remote host is prior to 2.6.2-15. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2348 advisory. A heap based buffer overflow in Wireshark's NetScreen file parser may lead to a local arbitrary code execution via a crafted...

Amazon Linux 2 : libtiff (ALAS-2023-2347)

The version of libtiff installed on the remote host is prior to 4.0.3-35. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2347 advisory. An out-of-memory flaw was found in libtiff. Passing a crafted tiff file to TIFFOpen API may allow a remote attacker to cause a...

Amazon Linux 2 : xorg-x11-server (ALAS-2023-2352)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2352 advisory. 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...

Amazon Linux 2 : advancecomp (ALAS-2023-2361)

The version of advancecomp installed on the remote host is prior to 1.15-22. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2361 advisory. advancecomp has a segmentation fault on invalid MNG size CVE-2023-2961 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

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...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2023-2359)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.330-250.540. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2359 advisory. 2024-12-05: CVE-2023-52868 was added to this advisory. 2024-12-05: CVE-2023-52867 was added to this advisory...

Amazon Linux 2 : openssl (ALAS-2023-2350)

The version of openssl installed on the remote host is prior to 1.0.2k-24. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2350 advisory. Issue summary: Generating excessively long X9.42 DH keys or checkingexcessively long X9.42 DH keys or parameters may be very slow...

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 : 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 : 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: 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...

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: 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...

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...