ALASECS-2023-020


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASECS-2023-020
Advisory Release Date: 2023-11-09 20:27 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-11-18 00:04 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-39325)


Affected Packages:

ecs-init


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update ecs-init to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    ecs-init-1.79.0-1.amzn2.aarch64

src:
    ecs-init-1.79.0-1.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    ecs-init-1.79.0-1.amzn2.x86_64