Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-2987
Advisory Released Date: 2025-09-04
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-09-04
Severity:
Low
Issue Overview:
Buffer Overflow vulnerability in GifLib Project GifLib v.5.2.1 allows a local attacker to obtain sensitive information via the DumpSCreen2RGB function in gif2rgb.c (CVE-2023-48161)
Affected Packages:
giflib
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 giflib or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-2987 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
giflib-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
giflib-devel-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
giflib-utils-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
giflib-debuginfo-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
i686:
giflib-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.i686
giflib-devel-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.i686
giflib-utils-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.i686
giflib-debuginfo-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.i686
src:
giflib-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.src
x86_64:
giflib-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
giflib-devel-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
giflib-utils-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
giflib-debuginfo-4.1.6-9.amzn2.0.3.x86_64