Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2489
Advisory Release Date: 2024-02-29 10:03 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-03-04 12:00 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive. (CVE-2015-1197)
Affected Packages:
cpio
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 cpio to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.i686
cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.i686
src:
cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.x86_64