ALAS2-2019-1360


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1360
Advisory Release Date: 2019-11-11 17:39 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-11-14 03:18 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

libseccomp before 2.4.0 did not correctly generate 64-bit syscall argument comparisons using the arithmetic operators (LT, GT, LE, GE), which might able to lead to bypassing seccomp filters and potential privilege escalations. (CVE-2019-9893)


Affected Packages:

libseccomp


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 libseccomp to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    libseccomp-2.4.1-1.amzn2.aarch64
    libseccomp-devel-2.4.1-1.amzn2.aarch64
    libseccomp-static-2.4.1-1.amzn2.aarch64
    libseccomp-debuginfo-2.4.1-1.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    libseccomp-2.4.1-1.amzn2.i686
    libseccomp-devel-2.4.1-1.amzn2.i686
    libseccomp-static-2.4.1-1.amzn2.i686
    libseccomp-debuginfo-2.4.1-1.amzn2.i686

src:
    libseccomp-2.4.1-1.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    libseccomp-2.4.1-1.amzn2.x86_64
    libseccomp-devel-2.4.1-1.amzn2.x86_64
    libseccomp-static-2.4.1-1.amzn2.x86_64
    libseccomp-debuginfo-2.4.1-1.amzn2.x86_64