Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2025-1006
Advisory Released Date: 2025-06-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-06-10
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
For a short time they PTY is set to mode 666, allowing any user on the system to connect to the screen session. (CVE-2025-46802)
Affected Packages:
screen
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update screen --releasever 2023.7.20250609 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1006 --releasever 2023.7.20250609 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
screen-debuginfo-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
screen-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
screen-debugsource-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.4.aarch64
src:
screen-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.4.src
x86_64:
screen-debugsource-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
screen-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64
screen-debuginfo-4.8.0-5.amzn2023.0.4.x86_64