ALASNGINX1-2023-006

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-44487  

The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)

ALASNGINX1-2023-006


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASNGINX1-2023-006
Advisory Release Date: 2023-10-16 13:45 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-10-17 22:14 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)


Affected Packages:

nginx


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

New Packages:
aarch64:
    nginx-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    nginx-core-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    nginx-mod-http-geoip-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    nginx-mod-http-perl-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    nginx-mod-mail-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    nginx-mod-stream-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    nginx-mod-devel-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    nginx-debuginfo-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.aarch64

noarch:
    nginx-all-modules-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch
    nginx-filesystem-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.noarch

src:
    nginx-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.src

x86_64:
    nginx-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    nginx-core-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    nginx-mod-http-geoip-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    nginx-mod-http-image-filter-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    nginx-mod-http-perl-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    nginx-mod-http-xslt-filter-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    nginx-mod-mail-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    nginx-mod-stream-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    nginx-mod-devel-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    nginx-debuginfo-1.22.1-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64