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Medium ALAS2023-2023-024 3 CVEs

Moderate: util-linux security update (Amazon Linux 2023)

Published Feb 17, 2023 · Updated Feb 22, 2023

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-0563: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's util-linux chfn and chsh utilities when compiled with Readline support. The Readline library uses an INPUTRC environment variable to get a path to the library config file. When the library cannot parse the specified file, it prints an error message containing data from the file. This flaw allows an unprivileged user to read root-owned files, potentially leading to privilege escalation. CVE-2021-3996: A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem. This flaw allows a local user on a vulnerable system to unmount other users' filesystems that are either world-writable themselves (like /tmp) or mounted in a world-writable directory. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a denial of service to applications that use the affected filesystems. CVE-2021-3995: A logic error was found in the libmount library of util-linux in the function that allows an unprivileged user to unmount a FUSE filesystem. This flaw allows an unprivileged local attacker to unmount FUSE filesystems that belong to certain other users who have a UID that is a prefix of the UID of the attacker in its string form. An attacker may use this flaw to cause a denial of service to applications that use the affected filesystems.

Fixed packages 26

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2023 libblkid 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libblkid-debuginfo 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libblkid-devel 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libfdisk 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libfdisk-debuginfo 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libfdisk-devel 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libmount 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libmount-debuginfo 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libmount-devel 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libsmartcols 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libsmartcols-debuginfo 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libsmartcols-devel 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libuuid 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libuuid-debuginfo 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 libuuid-devel 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 python3-libmount 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 python3-libmount-debuginfo 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 util-linux 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 util-linux-core 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 util-linux-core-debuginfo 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 util-linux-debuginfo 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 util-linux-debugsource 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 util-linux-user 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 util-linux-user-debuginfo 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 uuidd 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3
Amazon Linux · 2023 uuidd-debuginfo 0:2.37.4-1.amzn2023.0.3

Vulnerabilities 3

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3995.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3996.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-0563.html