Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1320
Advisory Release Date: 2019-10-21 18:01 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-10-23 23:25 Pacific
Severity:
Low
Issue Overview:
blktrace (aka Block IO Tracing) 1.2.0, as used with the Linux kernel and Android, has a buffer overflow in the dev_map_read function in btt/devmap.c because the device and devno arrays are too small, as demonstrated by an invalid free when using the btt program with a crafted file.(CVE-2018-10689)
Affected Packages:
blktrace
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 blktrace to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
blktrace-1.0.5-9.amzn2.aarch64
blktrace-debuginfo-1.0.5-9.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
blktrace-1.0.5-9.amzn2.i686
blktrace-debuginfo-1.0.5-9.amzn2.i686
src:
blktrace-1.0.5-9.amzn2.src
x86_64:
blktrace-1.0.5-9.amzn2.x86_64
blktrace-debuginfo-1.0.5-9.amzn2.x86_64