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Amazon Linux 2023 version 2023.3.20231218 release notes

This topic includes Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) release notes updates for the 2023.3.20231218 release.

Major updates

This release represents an update to the third quarterly release of AL2023. AL2023 is the next generation of Amazon Linux. It comes with five years of support and brings features such as Deterministic updates, better optimizations for Graviton processors, and others into Amazon Linux. AL2023 is ready for customer production workloads, and customers are encouraged to start migrations from previous versions of Amazon Linux today.

AL2023 includes the following major updates.

This release includes an update to SSH. See ALAS-2023-462 and CVE-2023-48795 for details.

Security Updates

For information on the CVEs addressed in this release, see the Amazon Linux Security Center.
For visibility into the status of CVE's that haven't been addressed yet, see the Amazon Linux Security Center.

Contact us

If you find a security issue, contact our security team rather than opening a GitHub issue.

We use GitHub issues to gather feedback about AL2023 and to track bug reports and feature requests. You can look at existing issues to see whether your concern is already known. If it isn't, open a new issue.

If you only have questions about AL2023, feel free to start or join a discussion. You can also provide feedback on AL2023 through your designated AWS representative.

Repository

AL2023.3.20231218 upgrades from AL2023.3.20231211

Comparing 2023.3.20231211 to 2023.3.20231218.

Package Type	Count
Source	3
Total Binary	32
`noarch` binary RPMs	20
`x86_64` binary RPMs	6
`aarch64` binary RPMs	6

The full comparison of RPM package versions is below.

Source RPM	RPM	Architectures	AL2023.3.20231211 version	AL2023.3.20231218 version
`credentials-fetcher`	`credentials-fetcher`	aarch64, x86_64	1.3.1-0.amzn2023	1.3.3-0.amzn2023
`openssh`	`openssh`	aarch64, x86_64	8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.8	8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.9
	`openssh-clients`	aarch64, x86_64
	`openssh-keycat`	aarch64, x86_64
	`openssh-server`	aarch64, x86_64
	`pam_ssh_agent_auth`	aarch64, x86_64
`system-release`	`amazon-linux-repo-cdn`	noarch	2023.3.20231211-0.amzn2023	2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023
	`amazon-linux-repo-s3`	noarch
	`kernel-livepatch-repo-cdn`	noarch
	`kernel-livepatch-repo-s3`	noarch
	`system-release`	noarch

Base container image

amazon-linux-repo-cdn-2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023
openssl-libs-1:3.0.8-1.amzn2023.0.10
python3-pip-wheel-21.3.1-2.amzn2023.0.7
system-release-2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023

Default AMI

amazon-linux-repo-s3-2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023

kernel-livepatch-repo-s3-2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023

openssh-clients-8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.9

openssh-server-8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.9

openssh-8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.9

system-release-2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023

Minimal AMI

amazon-linux-repo-s3-2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023

kernel-livepatch-repo-s3-2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023

openssh-clients-8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.9

openssh-server-8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.9

openssh-8.7p1-8.amzn2023.0.9

system-release-2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023

Minimal container image

amazon-linux-repo-cdn-2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023
system-release-2023.3.20231218-0.amzn2023

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