Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2DOCKER-2025-079
Advisory Released Date: 2025-11-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-11-10
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
crypto/x509: panic when validating certificates with DSA public keys
Validating certificate chains which contain DSA public keys can cause programs
to panic, due to a interface cast that assumes they implement the Equal method.
This affects programs which validate arbitrary certificate chains. (CVE-2025-58188)
Affected Packages:
amazon-ecr-credential-helper
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Docker Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update amazon-ecr-credential-helper or yum update --advisory ALAS2DOCKER-2025-079 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
amazon-ecr-credential-helper-0.10.1-3.amzn2.aarch64
amazon-ecr-credential-helper-debuginfo-0.10.1-3.amzn2.aarch64
src:
amazon-ecr-credential-helper-0.10.1-3.amzn2.src
x86_64:
amazon-ecr-credential-helper-0.10.1-3.amzn2.x86_64
amazon-ecr-credential-helper-debuginfo-0.10.1-3.amzn2.x86_64