Information Exposure Affecting nss-util package, versions <0:3.53.1-1.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-NSSUTIL-1689142
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 8 Oct 2020
Introduced: 8 Oct 2020
CVE-2020-12401 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2
nss-util
to version 0:3.53.1-1.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1559
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nss-util
package and not the nss-util
package as distributed by Amazon-Linux
.
See How to fix?
for Amazon-Linux:2
relevant fixed versions and status.
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