ALAS-2024-652


Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-652
Advisory Release Date: 2024-07-18 01:24 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-07-22 16:00 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

nano: running `chmod` and `chown` on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file (CVE-2024-5742)


Affected Packages:

nano


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update nano --releasever 2023.5.20240722 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    nano-debugsource-5.8-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    nano-debuginfo-5.8-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
    nano-5.8-3.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64

noarch:
    default-editor-5.8-3.amzn2023.0.4.noarch
    nano-default-editor-5.8-3.amzn2023.0.4.noarch

src:
    nano-5.8-3.amzn2023.0.4.src

x86_64:
    nano-debugsource-5.8-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    nano-debuginfo-5.8-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
    nano-5.8-3.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64