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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-1721: Security patch for pki-core (ALAS-2021-1630)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-1721: Security patch for pki-core (ALAS-2021-1630)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
04/23/2021
Created
04/24/2021
Added
04/23/2021
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

A flaw was found in the Key Recovery Authority (KRA) Agent Service in pki-core 10.10.5 where it did not properly sanitize the recovery ID during a key recovery request, enabling a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker could trick an authenticated victim into executing specially crafted Javascript code.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-pki-base
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-pki-base-java
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-pki-ca
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-pki-core-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-pki-javadoc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-pki-kra
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-pki-server
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-pki-symkey
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-pki-tools

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