Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2590
Advisory Release Date: 2024-07-18 02:00 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-07-22 13:50 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
nano: running `chmod` and `chown` on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file (CVE-2024-5742)
Affected Packages:
nano
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 nano to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
nano-2.9.8-2.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
nano-debuginfo-2.9.8-2.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
nano-2.9.8-2.amzn2.0.2.i686
nano-debuginfo-2.9.8-2.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
nano-2.9.8-2.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
nano-2.9.8-2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
nano-debuginfo-2.9.8-2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64