ALAS-2024-627


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-627
Advisory Release Date: 2024-05-23 21:49 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-05-28 22:45 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

If kernel headers need to be extracted, bpftrace 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-2024-2313)


Affected Packages:

bpftrace


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

New Packages:
aarch64:
    bpftrace-debuginfo-0.17.0-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    bpftrace-debugsource-0.17.0-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
    bpftrace-0.17.0-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64

src:
    bpftrace-0.17.0-1.amzn2023.0.1.src

x86_64:
    bpftrace-debuginfo-0.17.0-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    bpftrace-debugsource-0.17.0-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
    bpftrace-0.17.0-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64