Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2026-1432
Advisory Released Date: 2026-02-18
Advisory Updated Date: 2026-02-18
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in vsftpd. This vulnerability allows a denial of service (DoS) via an integer overflow in the ls command parameter parsing, triggered by a remote, authenticated attacker sending a crafted STAT command with a specific byte sequence. (CVE-2025-14242)
Affected Packages:
vsftpd
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update vsftpd --releasever 2023.10.20260216 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1432 --releasever 2023.10.20260216 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:
vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
vsftpd-debugsource-3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
vsftpd-3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
src:
vsftpd-3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.3.src
x86_64:
vsftpd-debuginfo-3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
vsftpd-debugsource-3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
vsftpd-3.0.5-1.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64