ALAS2-2019-1336


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1336
Advisory Release Date: 2019-10-21 18:01 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-10-24 00:00 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

libcgroup up to and including 0.41 creates /var/log/cgred with mode 0666 regardless of the configured umask, leading to disclosure of information.(CVE-2018-14348)


Affected Packages:

libcgroup


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 libcgroup to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    libcgroup-0.41-21.amzn2.aarch64
    libcgroup-tools-0.41-21.amzn2.aarch64
    libcgroup-pam-0.41-21.amzn2.aarch64
    libcgroup-devel-0.41-21.amzn2.aarch64
    libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    libcgroup-0.41-21.amzn2.i686
    libcgroup-tools-0.41-21.amzn2.i686
    libcgroup-pam-0.41-21.amzn2.i686
    libcgroup-devel-0.41-21.amzn2.i686
    libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.amzn2.i686

src:
    libcgroup-0.41-21.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    libcgroup-0.41-21.amzn2.x86_64
    libcgroup-tools-0.41-21.amzn2.x86_64
    libcgroup-pam-0.41-21.amzn2.x86_64
    libcgroup-devel-0.41-21.amzn2.x86_64
    libcgroup-debuginfo-0.41-21.amzn2.x86_64