ALASECS-2024-031

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-3978  

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack. (CVE-2023-3978)

ALASECS-2024-031


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASECS-2024-031
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-03 23:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-03 23:00 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack. (CVE-2023-3978)


Affected Packages:

ecs-init


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 the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
"Run yum update ecs-init to update your system.
"

New Packages:
aarch64:
    ecs-init-1.79.1-1.amzn2.aarch64

src:
    ecs-init-1.79.1-1.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    ecs-init-1.79.1-1.amzn2.x86_64