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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-22728: Security patch for libapreq2 (ALAS-2022-1637)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2022-22728: Security patch for libapreq2 (ALAS-2022-1637)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/25/2022
Created
10/12/2022
Added
10/11/2022
Modified
10/11/2022

Description

A flaw in Apache libapreq2 versions 2.16 and earlier could cause a buffer overflow while processing multipart form uploads. 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

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