Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2147
Advisory Release Date: 2023-07-17 17:40 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-07-19 22:18 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
An issue was discovered in Midnight Commander through 4.8.26. When establishing an SFTP connection, the fingerprint of the server is neither checked nor displayed. As a result, a user connects to the server without the ability to verify its authenticity. (CVE-2021-36370)
Affected Packages:
mc
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 mc to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
mc-4.8.29-1.amzn2.aarch64
mc-debuginfo-4.8.29-1.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
mc-4.8.29-1.amzn2.i686
mc-debuginfo-4.8.29-1.amzn2.i686
src:
mc-4.8.29-1.amzn2.src
x86_64:
mc-4.8.29-1.amzn2.x86_64
mc-debuginfo-4.8.29-1.amzn2.x86_64