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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2024-24790: Security patch for amazon-ssm-agent (ALAS-2024-1948)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2024-24790: Security patch for amazon-ssm-agent (ALAS-2024-1948)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/05/2024
Created
10/05/2024
Added
10/04/2024
Modified
10/04/2024

Description

The various Is methods (IsPrivate, IsLoopback, etc) did not work as expected for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses, returning false for addresses which would return true in their traditional IPv4 forms.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-amazon-ssm-agent

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