Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2-2025-3024
Advisory Released Date: 2025-10-14
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-10-14
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
A flaw was found in polkit. When processing an XML policy with 32 or more nested elements in depth, an out-of-bounds write can be triggered. This issue can lead to a crash or other unexpected behavior, and arbitrary code execution is not discarded. To exploit this flaw, a high-privilege account is needed as it's required to place the malicious policy file properly. (CVE-2025-7519)
Affected Packages:
polkit
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 polkit or yum update --advisory ALAS2-2025-3024 to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.aarch64
polkit-devel-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.aarch64
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.aarch64
i686:
polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.i686
polkit-devel-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.i686
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.i686
noarch:
polkit-docs-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.noarch
src:
polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.src
x86_64:
polkit-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.x86_64
polkit-devel-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.x86_64
polkit-debuginfo-0.112-26.amzn2.2.1.x86_64