Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2552
Advisory Release Date: 2024-05-23 22:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-05-29 12:00 Pacific
Severity:
Low
Issue Overview:
If kernel headers need to be extracted, bpftrace will attempt to load them from a temporary directory. An unprivileged attacker could use this to force bcc to load compromised linux headers. Linux distributions which provide kernel headers by default are not affected by default. (CVE-2024-2313)
Affected Packages:
bpftrace
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 bpftrace to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
bpftrace-0.12.1-2.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
bpftrace-debuginfo-0.12.1-2.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
src:
bpftrace-0.12.1-2.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
bpftrace-0.12.1-2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
bpftrace-debuginfo-0.12.1-2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64