Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2804
Advisory Released Date: 2025-04-01
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-09-23
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
The openssl crate before 0.10.55 for Rust allows an out-of-bounds read via an empty string to X509VerifyParamRef::set_host. (CVE-2023-53159)
Affected Packages:
rust
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update rust or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-2804 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
rust-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
rust-std-static-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
rust-doc-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
cargo-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
rustfmt-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
rust-analyzer-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
clippy-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
noarch:
rust-debugger-common-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.noarch
rust-gdb-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.noarch
rust-src-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.noarch
rust-toolset-srpm-macros-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.noarch
rust-toolset-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.noarch
src:
rust-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
rust-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
rust-std-static-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
rust-doc-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
cargo-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
rustfmt-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
rust-analyzer-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
clippy-1.82.0-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
Changelog:
2025-08-12: CVE-2023-53159 was added to this advisory.
2025-08-12: The severity of this advisory has been changed from important to medium.