Medium: libqb

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in libqb. Insecure handling of temporary files could be exploited by a local attacker to overwrite privileged system files.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/ClusterLabs/libqb/issues/338

Affected Packages:

libqb

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 libqb to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    libqb-1.0.5-1.amzn2.aarch64  
    libqb-debuginfo-1.0.5-1.amzn2.aarch64  
    libqb-devel-1.0.5-1.amzn2.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    libqb-1.0.5-1.amzn2.i686  
    libqb-debuginfo-1.0.5-1.amzn2.i686  
    libqb-devel-1.0.5-1.amzn2.i686  
  
src:  
    libqb-1.0.5-1.amzn2.src  
  
x86_64:  
    libqb-1.0.5-1.amzn2.x86_64  
    libqb-debuginfo-1.0.5-1.amzn2.x86_64  
    libqb-devel-1.0.5-1.amzn2.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-12779

Mitre: CVE-2019-12779