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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-3833: Security patch for openwsman (ALAS-2020-1540)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-3833: Security patch for openwsman (ALAS-2020-1540)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/14/2019
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

Openwsman, versions up to and including 2.6.9, are vulnerable to infinite loop in process_connection() when parsing specially crafted HTTP requests. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending malicious HTTP request to cause denial of service to openwsman server.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libwsman-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libwsman1
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openwsman-client
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openwsman-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openwsman-perl
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openwsman-python
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openwsman-ruby
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-openwsman-server

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