ALAS2-2025-2901


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2901
Advisory Released Date: 2025-06-24
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-06-24
Severity: Critical

Issue Overview:

A privilege escalation from host to domain vulnerability was found in the FreeIPA project. The FreeIPA package fails to validate the uniqueness of the `krbCanonicalName` for the admin account by default, allowing users to create services with the same canonical name as the REALM admin. When a successful attack happens, the user can retrieve a Kerberos ticket in the name of this service, containing the admin@REALM credential. This flaw allows an attacker to perform administrative tasks over the REALM, leading to access to sensitive data and sensitive data exfiltration. (CVE-2025-4404)


Affected Packages:

ipa


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 ipa to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    ipa-server-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.aarch64
    ipa-server-trust-ad-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.aarch64
    ipa-client-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.aarch64
    ipa-debuginfo-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.aarch64

i686:
    ipa-server-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.i686
    ipa-server-trust-ad-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.i686
    ipa-client-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.i686
    ipa-debuginfo-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.i686

noarch:
    python2-ipaserver-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.noarch
    ipa-server-common-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.noarch
    ipa-server-dns-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.noarch
    python2-ipaclient-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.noarch
    ipa-client-common-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.noarch
    ipa-python-compat-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.noarch
    python2-ipalib-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.noarch
    ipa-common-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.noarch

src:
    ipa-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.src

x86_64:
    ipa-server-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.x86_64
    ipa-server-trust-ad-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.x86_64
    ipa-client-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.x86_64
    ipa-debuginfo-4.6.8-5.amzn2.17.2.x86_64