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amazonAmazonALAS2-2018-1030
HistoryJun 07, 2018 - 11:25 p.m.

Low: xdg-user-dirs

2018-06-0723:25:00
alas.aws.amazon.com
7

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

Issue Overview:

It was found that the system umask policy is not being honored when creating XDG user directories (~/Desktop etc) on first login. This could lead to user’s files being inadvertently exposed to other local users.(CVE-2017-15131)

Affected Packages:

xdg-user-dirs

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 xdg-user-dirs to update your system.

New Packages:

src:  
    xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    xdg-user-dirs-0.15-5.amzn2.x86_64  
    xdg-user-dirs-debuginfo-0.15-5.amzn2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2017-15131

Mitre: CVE-2017-15131

4.6 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

7.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.6 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%