Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2024-557
Advisory Released Date: 2024-03-05
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-03-05
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive. (CVE-2015-1197)
Affected Packages:
cpio
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update cpio --releasever 2023.3.20240304 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2024-557 --releasever 2023.3.20240304 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
cpio-debuginfo-2.13-13.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
cpio-2.13-13.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
cpio-debugsource-2.13-13.amzn2023.0.3.aarch64
src:
cpio-2.13-13.amzn2023.0.3.src
x86_64:
cpio-debuginfo-2.13-13.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
cpio-2.13-13.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64
cpio-debugsource-2.13-13.amzn2023.0.3.x86_64