Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2395
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-03 21:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-09 17:52 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Dmidecode before 3.5 allows -dump-bin to overwrite a local file. This has security relevance because, for example, execution of Dmidecode via Sudo is plausible. (CVE-2023-30630)
Affected Packages:
dmidecode
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 dmidecode to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
dmidecode-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.aarch64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.aarch64
i686:
dmidecode-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.i686
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.i686
src:
dmidecode-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.src
x86_64:
dmidecode-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.x86_64