Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2025-2811
Advisory Release Date: 2025-03-26 19:24 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-04-01 16:23 Pacific
Severity:
Low
Issue Overview:
A use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd. In some conditions, the order of cleanup mechanics for a transaction could be impacted. As a result, some memory access could occur on memory regions that were previously freed. Once freed, a memory region can be reused for other allocations and any previously stored data in this memory region is considered lost. (CVE-2024-0217)
Affected Packages:
PackageKit
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 PackageKit to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
PackageKit-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
PackageKit-yum-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
PackageKit-yum-plugin-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
PackageKit-glib-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
PackageKit-cron-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
PackageKit-glib-devel-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
PackageKit-command-not-found-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
PackageKit-debuginfo-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
i686:
PackageKit-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.i686
PackageKit-yum-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.i686
PackageKit-yum-plugin-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.i686
PackageKit-glib-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.i686
PackageKit-cron-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.i686
PackageKit-glib-devel-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.i686
PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.i686
PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.i686
PackageKit-command-not-found-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.i686
PackageKit-debuginfo-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.i686
src:
PackageKit-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.src
x86_64:
PackageKit-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
PackageKit-yum-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
PackageKit-yum-plugin-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
PackageKit-glib-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
PackageKit-cron-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
PackageKit-glib-devel-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
PackageKit-gtk3-module-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
PackageKit-command-not-found-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
PackageKit-debuginfo-1.1.5-2.amzn2.0.3.x86_64