Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2473
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-22 23:41 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-06-06 20:17 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
2024-06-06: CVE-2024-31969 was added to this advisory.
In sudo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.6 (Amazon Linux 2) and sudo-1.8.23-10.58.amzn1 (Amazon Linux 1), a user with an entry in the sudoers file, enabling them to run commands as another unprivileged user, can leverage it to run commands as root. No prior versions are affected. This issue has been fixed in sudo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7 (AL2) and sudo-1.8.23-10.59.amzn1 (AL1). (CVE-2024-31969)
Affected Packages:
sudo
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 sudo to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
sudo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7.aarch64
sudo-devel-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7.aarch64
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7.aarch64
i686:
sudo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7.i686
sudo-devel-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7.i686
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7.i686
src:
sudo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7.src
x86_64:
sudo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7.x86_64
sudo-devel-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7.x86_64
sudo-debuginfo-1.8.23-10.amzn2.3.7.x86_64