ALAS2-2019-1190

Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1190
Advisory Release Date: 2019-04-04 19:03 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-04-17 17:00 Pacific
Severity: Important
Issue Overview:

Images built for the Amazon Linux 2.0.20190313 release included system files with incorrect permissions applied.

Incorrect permissions were applied to the following file:

/etc/shadow

All users should upgrade to this updated package which corrects permissions for these files if they are not already in the expected state.


Affected Packages:

filesystem


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 filesystem to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    filesystem-3.2-25.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    filesystem-content-3.2-25.amzn2.0.4.aarch64

i686:
    filesystem-3.2-25.amzn2.0.4.i686
    filesystem-content-3.2-25.amzn2.0.4.i686

src:
    filesystem-3.2-25.amzn2.0.4.src

x86_64:
    filesystem-3.2-25.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    filesystem-content-3.2-25.amzn2.0.4.x86_64

Additional References

Red Hat: 

Mitre: