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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-12412: Security patch for libapreq2 (ALAS-2019-1323)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-12412: Security patch for libapreq2 (ALAS-2019-1323)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/19/2019
Created
11/26/2019
Added
11/23/2019
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

A flaw in the libapreq2 v2.07 to v2.13 multipart parser can deference a null pointer leading to a process crash. A remote attacker could send a request causing a process crash which could lead to a denial of service attack.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-libapreq2

References

  • ALAS-2019-1323
  • CVE-2019-12412
  • USN-4558-1

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