Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2023-1978
Advisory Released Date: 2023-03-06
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-03-07
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A stack-based buffer overflow issue was found in pifs-utils. Parsing the mount.cifs ip command-line argument can lead to local attackers gaining root privileges. (CVE-2022-27239)
Affected Packages:
cifs-utils
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update cifs-utils to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
cifs-utils-6.2-10.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
cifs-utils-devel-6.2-10.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.2-10.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
i686:
cifs-utils-6.2-10.amzn2.0.3.i686
cifs-utils-devel-6.2-10.amzn2.0.3.i686
cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.2-10.amzn2.0.3.i686
src:
cifs-utils-6.2-10.amzn2.0.3.src
x86_64:
cifs-utils-6.2-10.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
cifs-utils-devel-6.2-10.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
cifs-utils-debuginfo-6.2-10.amzn2.0.3.x86_64