Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-61729: Within HostnameError.Error(), when constructing an error string, there is no limit to the number of hosts that will be printed out. Furthermore, the error string is constructed by repeated string concatenation, leading to quadratic runtime. Therefore, a certificate provided by a malicious actor can result in excessive resource consumption. CVE-2025-61727: crypto/x509: excluded subdomain constraint does not restrict wildcard SANs An excluded subdomain constraint in a certificate chain does not restrict the usage of wildcard SANs in the leaf certificate. For example a constraint that excludes the subdomain test.example.com does not prevent a leaf certificate from claiming the SAN *.example.com.
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | nerdctl | 0:2.1.5-1.amzn2.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | nerdctl-debuginfo | 0:2.1.5-1.amzn2.0.3 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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High 7.5
Excessive resource consumption when printing error string for host certificate validation in crypto/x509
Within HostnameError.Error(), when constructing an error string, there is no limit to the number of hosts that will be printed out. Furthermore, the error string is constructed by repeated string concatenation, leading to quadratic runtime. Therefore, a certi…
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Medium 6.5
Improper application of excluded DNS name constraints when verifying wildcard names in crypto/x509
An excluded subdomain constraint in a certificate chain does not restrict the usage of wildcard SANs in the leaf certificate. For example a constraint that excludes the subdomain test.example.com does not prevent a leaf certificate from claiming the SAN *.exa…