ALASECS-2023-026

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-41190  

The OCI Distribution Spec project defines an API protocol to facilitate and standardize the distribution of content. In the OCI Image Specification, the manifest and index documents were not self-describing and documents with a single digest could be interpreted as either a manifest or an index. In the OCI Image Specification version 1.0.1 there is specified a recommendation that both manifest and index documents contain a `mediaType` field to identify the type of document. (CVE-2021-41190)

ALASECS-2023-026


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASECS-2023-026
Advisory Release Date: 2023-11-09 20:27 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-11-15 23:19 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

The OCI Distribution Spec project defines an API protocol to facilitate and standardize the distribution of content. In the OCI Image Specification, the manifest and index documents were not self-describing and documents with a single digest could be interpreted as either a manifest or an index. In the OCI Image Specification version 1.0.1 there is specified a recommendation that both manifest and index documents contain a `mediaType` field to identify the type of document. (CVE-2021-41190)


Affected Packages:

containerd

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Ecs extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for difference between AL2 core and AL2 extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update containerd to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    containerd-1.4.6-7.amzn2.aarch64
    containerd-stress-1.4.6-7.amzn2.aarch64
    containerd-debuginfo-1.4.6-7.amzn2.aarch64

src:
    containerd-1.4.6-7.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    containerd-1.4.6-7.amzn2.x86_64
    containerd-stress-1.4.6-7.amzn2.x86_64
    containerd-debuginfo-1.4.6-7.amzn2.x86_64