ALAS-2024-2395

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-30630  

Dmidecode before 3.5 allows -dump-bin to overwrite a local file. This has security relevance because, for example, execution of Dmidecode via Sudo is plausible. (CVE-2023-30630)

ALAS-2024-2395


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2024-2395
Advisory Release Date: 2024-01-03 21:04 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-09 17:52 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

Dmidecode before 3.5 allows -dump-bin to overwrite a local file. This has security relevance because, for example, execution of Dmidecode via Sudo is plausible. (CVE-2023-30630)


Affected Packages:

dmidecode


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 dmidecode to update your system.
"

New Packages:
aarch64:
    dmidecode-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.aarch64
    dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.aarch64

i686:
    dmidecode-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.i686
    dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.i686

src:
    dmidecode-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.src

x86_64:
    dmidecode-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
    dmidecode-debuginfo-3.2-5.amzn2.1.1.x86_64