Amazon Linux 2 : webkitgtk4 (ALAS-2022-1747)

The version of webkitgtk4 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.28.2-3. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1747 advisory. A flaw was found in webkitgtk. This flaw could allow an attacker to use maliciously crafted web content leading to arbitrary co...

Critical: samba

Issue Overview: Out-of-bounds heap read/write vulnerability in VFS module vfsfruit allows code execution CVE-2021-44142 Affected Packages: samba 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...

Medium: openssh

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in OpenSSH. Helper programs for AuthorizedKeysCommand and AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand may run with privileges associated with group memberships of the sshd process, if the configuration specifies running the command as a different user. Depending on system...

Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2022-1563)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.262-135.489. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1563 advisory. 2025-01-30: CVE-2021-47483 was added to this advisory. 2025-01-30: CVE-2021-47506 was added to this advisory. A fla...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2022-1749)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.262-200.489. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1749 advisory. A denial of service flaw for virtual machine guests in the Linux kernel's Xen hypervisor subsystem was found in th...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the Linux kernel's seqfile in the Filesystem layer. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to gain access to out-of-bound memory, leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The issue results from no...

Medium: kernel

Issue Overview: A race problem was seen in the vtkioctl in drivers/tty/vt/vtioctl.c in the Linux kernel, which may cause an out of bounds read in vt as the write access to vcmode is not protected by lock-in vtioctl KDSETMDE. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: A logic bug flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of SSBD. A bug in the logic handling allows an attacker with a local account to disable SSBD protection during a context switch when additional speculative execution mitigations are in place. This issue was introduced...

Amazon Linux 2 : polkit (ALAS-2022-1745)

The version of polkit installed on the remote host is prior to 0.112-26. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2022-1745 advisory. A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid tool designed t...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. When reusing a socket with an attached dccpshctxccid as a listener, the socket will be used after being released leading to denial of service DoS or a potential code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. CVE-2020-14386 Affected Packages: kerne...

Important: kernel

Issue Overview: An out-of-bounds write flaw was found in the Linux kernel's seqfile in the Filesystem layer. This flaw allows a local attacker with a user privilege to gain access to out-of-bound memory, leading to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. The issue results from no...

Important: polkit

Issue Overview: A local privilege escalation vulnerability was found on polkit's pkexec utility. The pkexec application is a setuid tool designed to allow unprivileged users to run commands as privileged users according predefined policies. The current version of pkexec doesn't handle the calling...

Medium: python-pip

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in python-urllib3. SSL certificate validation is omitted in some cases involving HTTPS to HTTPS proxies. The initial connection to the HTTPS proxy if an SSLContext isn't given via proxyconfig doesn't verify the hostname of the certificate. This means certificates...

Amazon Linux AMI : log4j (ALAS-2022-1562)

The version of log4j installed on the remote host is prior to 1.2.17-16.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1562 advisory. It was found that when using remote logging with log4j socket server the log4j server would deserialize any log event...

Important: xorg-x11-server

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in the Xorg-x11-server. An out-of-bounds access issue can occur in the SProcRenderCompositeGlyphs function due to improper validation of the request length. CVE-2021-4008 A flaw was found in xorg-x11-server. An out-of-bounds access can occur in the...

Amazon Linux AMI : cyrus-imapd (ALAS-2022-1559)

The version of cyrus-imapd installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.22-1.10. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1559 advisory. A flaw was found in cyrus-imapd. A bad string hashing algorithm used in internal hash tables allows user inputs to be stored...

Amazon Linux AMI : vim (ALAS-2022-1557)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1557 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 AMI : busybox (ALAS-2022-1558)

The version of busybox installed on the remote host is prior to 1.34.1-1.13. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1558 advisory. A flaw was found in BusyBox, where it did not properly sanitize while processing a crafted shell command, leading to a...

Amazon Linux AMI : httpd24 (ALAS-2022-1560)

The version of httpd24 installed on the remote host is prior to 2.4.52-1.95. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2022-1560 advisory. There's a null pointer dereference and server-side request forgery flaw in httpd's modproxy module, when it is configur...