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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-1981: Security patch for avahi (ALAS-2023-2161)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-1981: Security patch for avahi (ALAS-2023-2161)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/26/2023
Created
07/27/2023
Added
07/27/2023
Modified
07/27/2023

Description

A vulnerability was found in the avahi library. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to make a dbus call, causing the avahi daemon to crash.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-autoipd
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-compat-howl
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-compat-howl-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-compat-libdns_sd
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-dnsconfd
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-glib
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-glib-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-gobject
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-gobject-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-qt3
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-qt3-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-qt4
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-qt4-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-tools
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-ui
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-ui-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-ui-gtk3
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-avahi-ui-tools

References

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