Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1457
Advisory Release Date: 2020-07-14 02:40 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-07-17 00:45 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input files. This affects inp.c and util.c. (CVE-2019-13636)
Affected Packages:
patch
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 patch to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
patch-2.7.1-12.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-12.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
patch-2.7.1-12.amzn2.0.2.i686
patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-12.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
patch-2.7.1-12.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
patch-2.7.1-12.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
patch-debuginfo-2.7.1-12.amzn2.0.2.x86_64