Important: cpio

Issue Overview:

cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive. (CVE-2015-1197)

Affected Packages:

cpio

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 cpio to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.i686  
  
src:  
    cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2015-1197

Mitre: CVE-2015-1197