ALAS2-2023-2257


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2257
Advisory Release Date: 2023-09-13 23:44 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-20 19:40 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

An issue was discovered in function _libssh2_packet_add in libssh2 1.10.0 allows attackers to access out of bounds memory. (CVE-2020-22218)


Affected Packages:

libssh2


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:
Run yum update libssh2 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    libssh2-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.aarch64
    libssh2-devel-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.aarch64
    libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.aarch64

i686:
    libssh2-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.i686
    libssh2-devel-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.i686
    libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.i686

noarch:
    libssh2-docs-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.noarch

src:
    libssh2-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.src

x86_64:
    libssh2-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.x86_64
    libssh2-devel-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.x86_64
    libssh2-debuginfo-1.4.3-12.amzn2.2.6.x86_64