Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2701
Advisory Release Date: 2024-11-08 18:01 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-11-15 14:00 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
Sensitive data could be exposed in logs of cloud-init before version 23.1.2. An attacker could use this information to find hashed passwords and possibly escalate their privilege. (CVE-2023-1786)
Affected Packages:
cloud-init
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 cloud-init to update your system.
New Packages:
noarch:
cloud-init-19.3-46.amzn2.0.3.noarch
src:
cloud-init-19.3-46.amzn2.0.3.src