ALAS2-2018-961

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-1049  

Access to automounted volumes can lock upA race condition was found in systemd. This could result in automount requests not being serviced and processes using them could hang, causing denial of service.(CVE-2018-1049)

ALAS2-2018-961


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-961
Advisory Release Date: 2018-02-20 21:44 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-02-21 21:22 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2018-1049 

Issue Overview:

Access to automounted volumes can lock up
A race condition was found in systemd. This could result in automount requests not being serviced and processes using them could hang, causing denial of service.(CVE-2018-1049)


Affected Packages:

systemd


Issue Correction:
Run yum update systemd to update your system.

New Packages:
src:
    systemd-219-42.amzn2.7.src

x86_64:
    systemd-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64
    systemd-libs-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64
    systemd-devel-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64
    systemd-sysv-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64
    systemd-python-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64
    libgudev1-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64
    libgudev1-devel-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64
    systemd-journal-gateway-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64
    systemd-networkd-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64
    systemd-resolved-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64
    systemd-debuginfo-219-42.amzn2.7.x86_64