Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2025-1160
Advisory Released Date: 2025-09-08
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-09-08
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in gnome-remote-desktop. Once gnome-remote-desktop listens for RDP connections, an unauthenticated attacker can exhaust system resources and repeatedly crash the process. There may be a resource leak after many attacks, which will also result in gnome-remote-desktop no longer being able to open files even after it is restarted via systemd. (CVE-2025-5024)
Affected Packages:
gnome-remote-desktop
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update gnome-remote-desktop --releasever 2023.8.20250908 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1160 --releasever 2023.8.20250908 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:
gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo-47.3-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource-47.3-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
gnome-remote-desktop-47.3-1.amzn2023.0.1.aarch64
src:
gnome-remote-desktop-47.3-1.amzn2023.0.1.src
x86_64:
gnome-remote-desktop-debuginfo-47.3-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
gnome-remote-desktop-debugsource-47.3-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64
gnome-remote-desktop-47.3-1.amzn2023.0.1.x86_64