Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1333
Advisory Release Date: 2019-10-21 18:01 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-10-23 23:59 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
If the HOME environment variable is unset or empty, top will read its configuration file from the current working directory without any security check. If a user runs top with HOME unset in an attacker-controlled directory, the attacker could achieve privilege escalation by exploiting one of several vulnerabilities in the config_file() function.(CVE-2018-1122)
Affected Packages:
procps-ng
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 procps-ng to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
procps-ng-3.3.10-26.amzn2.aarch64
procps-ng-devel-3.3.10-26.amzn2.aarch64
procps-ng-i18n-3.3.10-26.amzn2.aarch64
procps-ng-debuginfo-3.3.10-26.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
procps-ng-3.3.10-26.amzn2.i686
procps-ng-devel-3.3.10-26.amzn2.i686
procps-ng-i18n-3.3.10-26.amzn2.i686
procps-ng-debuginfo-3.3.10-26.amzn2.i686
src:
procps-ng-3.3.10-26.amzn2.src
x86_64:
procps-ng-3.3.10-26.amzn2.x86_64
procps-ng-devel-3.3.10-26.amzn2.x86_64
procps-ng-i18n-3.3.10-26.amzn2.x86_64
procps-ng-debuginfo-3.3.10-26.amzn2.x86_64