vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-3978: Security patch for amazon-ssm-agent, containerd, cri-tools, ecs-init, nerdctl (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Aug 2, 2023
Added
Nov 1, 2023
Modified
Jan 28, 2025

Description

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.

Solutions

amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-amazon-ssm-agentamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-amazon-ssm-agent-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-containerdamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-containerd-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-containerd-stressamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-cri-toolsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-cri-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-ecs-initamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nerdctlamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-nerdctl-debuginfo
Title
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