ALAS-2024-626


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-626
Advisory Release Date: 2024-05-23 21:49 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-05-28 22:46 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

If kernel headers need to be extracted, bcc will attempt to load them from a temporary directory. An unprivileged attacker could use this to force bcc to load compromised linux headers. Linux distributions which provide kernel headers by default are not affected by default. (CVE-2024-2314)


Affected Packages:

bcc


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update bcc --releasever 2023.4.20240528 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    bcc-debuginfo-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    libbpf-tools-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    bcc-devel-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    bcc-debugsource-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    libbpf-tools-debuginfo-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    bcc-tools-debuginfo-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    bcc-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
    bcc-tools-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64

noarch:
    bcc-doc-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.noarch
    python3-bcc-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.noarch

src:
    bcc-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.src

x86_64:
    bcc-debuginfo-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    bcc-tools-debuginfo-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    libbpf-tools-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    bcc-devel-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    bcc-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    bcc-tools-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    bcc-debugsource-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
    libbpf-tools-debuginfo-0.26.0-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64