Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2867
Advisory Released Date: 2025-05-29
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-05-29
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
The passprompt plugin in pppd in ppp before 2.5.2 mishandles privileges. (CVE-2024-58250)
Affected Packages:
ppp
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 ppp to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
ppp-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
ppp-devel-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
i686:
ppp-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.4.i686
ppp-devel-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.4.i686
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.4.i686
src:
ppp-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.4.src
x86_64:
ppp-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
ppp-devel-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.4.x86_64