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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-3821: Security patch for systemd (ALAS-2022-1899)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2022-3821: Security patch for systemd (ALAS-2022-1899)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/08/2022
Created
12/07/2022
Added
12/07/2022
Modified
12/07/2022

Description

An off-by-one Error issue was discovered in Systemd in format_timespan() function of time-util.c. An attacker could supply specific values for time and accuracy that leads to buffer overrun in format_timespan(), leading to a Denial of Service.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libgudev1
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libgudev1-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-systemd
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-systemd-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-systemd-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-systemd-journal-gateway
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-systemd-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-systemd-networkd
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-systemd-python
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-systemd-resolved
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-systemd-sysv

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