Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2026-3176
Advisory Released Date: 2026-03-06
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-03-06
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in vsftpd. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via an integer overflow in the ls command parameter parsing, triggered by a remote, authenticated attacker sending a crafted STAT command with a specific byte sequence. (CVE-2025-14242)
Affected Packages:
vsftpd
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 vsftpd or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3176 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
vsftpd-3.0.2-25.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
vsftpd-sysvinit-3.0.2-25.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.2-25.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
vsftpd-3.0.2-25.amzn2.0.2.i686
vsftpd-sysvinit-3.0.2-25.amzn2.0.2.i686
vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.2-25.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
vsftpd-3.0.2-25.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
vsftpd-3.0.2-25.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
vsftpd-sysvinit-3.0.2-25.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.2-25.amzn2.0.2.x86_64