Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2937
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-30
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-07-30
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
mtr through 0.95, in certain privileged contexts, mishandles execution of a program specified by the MTR_PACKET environment variable. (CVE-2025-49809)
Affected Packages:
mtr
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 mtr or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-2937 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
mtr-0.92-2.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
mtr-gtk-0.92-2.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
mtr-debuginfo-0.92-2.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
i686:
mtr-0.92-2.amzn2.0.2.i686
mtr-gtk-0.92-2.amzn2.0.2.i686
mtr-debuginfo-0.92-2.amzn2.0.2.i686
src:
mtr-0.92-2.amzn2.0.2.src
x86_64:
mtr-0.92-2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
mtr-gtk-0.92-2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
mtr-debuginfo-0.92-2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64