Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1477
Advisory Release Date: 2020-08-18 19:49 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-08-24 23:59 Pacific
Severity:
Low
Issue Overview:
An issue was discovered in GNU gettext 0.19.8. There is a double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c, related to an invalid free in po_gram_parse in po-gram-gen.y, as demonstrated by lt-msgfmt. (CVE-2018-18751)
Affected Packages:
gettext
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 gettext to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.aarch64
gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.aarch64
gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.aarch64
gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.i686
gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.i686
gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.i686
gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.i686
noarch:
gettext-common-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.noarch
emacs-gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.noarch
src:
gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.src
x86_64:
gettext-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.x86_64
gettext-devel-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.x86_64
gettext-libs-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.x86_64
gettext-debuginfo-0.19.8.1-3.amzn2.x86_64