SB2025010629 - Fedora 41 update for golang-github-aws-sdk-2, golang-github-aws-smithy, golang-github-ncw-swift-2, rclone

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SB2025010629 - Fedora 41 update for golang-github-aws-sdk-2, golang-github-aws-smithy, golang-github-ncw-swift-2, rclone

Published: January 6, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025010629
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) UNIX symbolic link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-52522)

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue when copying to local disk. A local user can create a specially crafted symbolic link to a critical file on the system and overwrite it with privileges of the application.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in privilege escalation.


2) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-45338)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in several Parse functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References