ALASR4-2023-001

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-4048  

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the CLARRV, DLARRV, SLARRV, and ZLARRV functions in lapack and OpenBLAS. A specially crafted input passed to these functions could cause an application using lapack to crash or possibly disclose portions of its memory. (CVE-2021-4048)

ALASR4-2023-001


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALASR4-2023-001
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-07 05:24 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-01-22 20:21 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the CLARRV, DLARRV, SLARRV, and ZLARRV functions in lapack and OpenBLAS. A specially crafted input passed to these functions could cause an application using lapack to crash or possibly disclose portions of its memory. (CVE-2021-4048)


Affected Packages:

openblas


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - R4 Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


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

New Packages:
aarch64:
    openblas-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-Rblas-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-serial-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-openmp-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-threads-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-serial64-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-openmp64-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-threads64-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-serial64_-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-openmp64_-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-threads64_-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-devel-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-static-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    openblas-debuginfo-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.aarch64

src:
    openblas-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.src

x86_64:
    openblas-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-Rblas-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-serial-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-openmp-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-threads-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-serial64-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-openmp64-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-threads64-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-serial64_-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-openmp64_-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-threads64_-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-devel-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-static-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    openblas-debuginfo-0.3.9-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64