Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2914
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-10
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-07-10
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A stack buffer overflow was found in Internationl components for unicode (ICU ). While running the genrb binary, the 'subtag' struct overflowed at the SRBRoot::addTag function. This issue may lead to memory corruption and local arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2025-5222)
Affected Packages:
icu
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 icu to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
icu-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
libicu-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
libicu-devel-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
icu-debuginfo-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
icu-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.i686
libicu-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.i686
libicu-devel-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.i686
icu-debuginfo-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.i686
noarch:
libicu-doc-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.noarch
src:
icu-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
icu-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
libicu-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
libicu-devel-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
icu-debuginfo-50.2-4.amzn2.0.2.x86_64