Amazon Linux 2 (EOS) Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2878
Advisory Released Date: 2025-06-12
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-06-12
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
For a short time they PTY is set to mode 666, allowing any user on the system to connect to the screen session. (CVE-2025-46802)
Affected Packages:
screen
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 screen or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-2878 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
screen-4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
screen-debuginfo-4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
screen-4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.amzn2.0.2.i686
screen-debuginfo-4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
screen-4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
screen-4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
screen-debuginfo-4.1.0-0.27.20120314git3c2946.amzn2.0.2.x86_64