Vulmon
Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2279
Advisory Release Date: 2023-09-27 22:49 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-10-05 22:13 Pacific
Severity:
Low
Issue Overview:
In libarchive 3.6.1, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference or, in some cases, even arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2022-36227)
Affected Packages:
libarchive
Issue Correction:
Run yum update libarchive to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
libarchive-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
libarchive-devel-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
bsdtar-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
bsdcpio-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
libarchive-debuginfo-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
i686:
libarchive-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.i686
libarchive-devel-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.i686
bsdtar-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.i686
bsdcpio-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.i686
libarchive-debuginfo-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.i686
src:
libarchive-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
libarchive-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
libarchive-devel-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
bsdtar-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
bsdcpio-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
libarchive-debuginfo-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.1.x86_64