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Amazon Linux 2023 : graphviz, graphviz-devel, graphviz-gd (ALAS2023-2024-527)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-527 advisory. buffer overflow via a crafted config6a file NOTE: Crosses no security boundary, config files are under local controlNOTE: https://gitlab.com/graphviz/graphviz/-/issues/2441NOTE: Introduced by:...

Amazon Linux 2023 : openssl, openssl-devel, openssl-libs (ALAS2023-2024-520)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-520 advisory. A flaw was found in OpenSSL. When the EVPPKEYpubliccheck function is called in RSA public keys, a computation is done to confirm that the RSA modulus, n, is composite. For valid RSA keys, n is ...

Amazon Linux 2023 : runc (ALAS2023-2024-531)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-531 advisory. runc is a CLI tool for spawning and running containers on Linux according to the OCI specification. A bug was found in runc prior to version 1.1.2 where runc exec --cap created processes with non-empty...

Amazon Linux 2023 : opensc (ALAS2023-2024-534)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-534 advisory. A heap use after free issue was found in Opensc before version 0.22.0 in scfilevalid. CVE-2021-42779 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-060)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.268-181.370. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-060 advisory. A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nftables component can be exploited to achieve loca...

Amazon Linux 2023 : gnutls, gnutls-c++, gnutls-dane (ALAS2023-2024-521)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-521 advisory. A vulnerability was found in GnuTLS, where a cockpit which uses gnuTLS rejects a certificate chain with distributed trust. This issue occurs when validating a certificate chain with...

Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2024-038)

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.15.148-97.161. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2024-038 advisory. A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nftables component can be exploited to...

Amazon Linux 2023 : nspr, nspr-devel, nss (ALAS2023-2024-523)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-523 advisory. Multiple NSS NIST curves were susceptible to a side-channel attack known as Minerva. This attack could potentially allow an attacker to recover the private key. This vulnerability affects Firefox 121...

Amazon Linux 2023 : GraphicsMagick, GraphicsMagick-c++, GraphicsMagick-c++-devel (ALAS2023-2024-532)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-532 advisory. Buffer Overflow vulnerability in WritePCXImage function in pcx.c in GraphicsMagick 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via converting of crafted image file to pcx format...

Amazon Linux 2 : atril (ALASMATE-DESKTOP1.X-2024-006)

The version of atril installed on the remote host is prior to 1.20.2-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2MATE-DESKTOP1.X-2024-006 advisory. Atril Document Viewer is the default document reader of the MATE desktop environment for Linux. A path traversal and...

Low: containerd

Issue Overview: Containerd is not affected by CVE-2023-39325. While it contains the affected module, it does not use it in a way that exposes users to CVE-2023-39325. Affected Packages: containerd Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Nitro-enclaves Extra. Visit this page to learn...

Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2024-519)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-519 advisory. 2024-12-05: CVE-2024-35839 was added to this advisory. 2024-12-05: CVE-2023-52683 was added to this advisory. 2024-12-05: CVE-2023-52693 was added to this advisory. 2024-12-05: CVE-2023-52679 w...

Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2024-537)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-537 advisory. A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter: nftables component can be exploited to achieve local privilege escalation. The nftsetelemcatchalldeactivate function checks whether the...

Amazon Linux 2023 : libtiff, libtiff-devel, libtiff-static (ALAS2023-2024-525)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-525 advisory. A segment fault SEGV flaw was found in libtiff that could be triggered by passing a crafted tiff file to the TIFFReadRGBATileExt API. This flaw allows a remote attacker to cause a heap-buffer overflow,...

Amazon Linux 2023 : redis6, redis6-devel (ALAS2023-2024-528)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-528 advisory. 2024-02-29: CVE-2023-45145 was added to this advisory. Redis is an in-memory database that persists on disk. Redis incorrectly handles resizing of memory buffers which can result in integer...

Amazon Linux 2 : containerd (ALASDOCKER-2024-038)

The version of containerd installed on the remote host is prior to 1.6.28-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2DOCKER-2024-038 advisory. The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service server resource consumption because request cancellation can reset many...

Amazon Linux 2023 : vim-common, vim-data, vim-default-editor (ALAS2023-2024-536)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-536 advisory. Vim before 9.0.2142 has a stack-based buffer overflow because didsetlangmap in map.c calls sprintf to write to the error buffer that is passed down to the option callback functions. CVE-2024-22667 Tenab...

Amazon Linux 2 : atril (ALASMATE-DESKTOP1.X-2024-007)

The version of atril installed on the remote host is prior to 1.20.2-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2MATE-DESKTOP1.X-2024-007 advisory. Atril is a simple multi-page document viewer. Atril is vulnerable to a critical Command Injection Vulnerability. This...

Amazon Linux 2023 : lua, lua-devel, lua-libs (ALAS2023-2024-533)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-533 advisory. 2024-05-09: CVE-2022-33099 was added to this advisory. In Lua 5.4.3, an erroneous finalizer called during a tail call leads to a heap-based buffer over-read. CVE-2021-45985 An issue in the...