Amazon Linux 2023 Security Advisory: ALAS2023-2025-1217
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
Issue Correction:
Run dnf update polkit --releasever 2023.9.20251014 or dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1217 --releasever 2023.9.20251014 to update your system.
More information on how to update your system can be found on this page: Amazon Linux 2023 documentation
New Packages:
aarch64:
polkit-libs-debuginfo-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
polkit-libs-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
polkit-debuginfo-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
polkit-debugsource-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
polkit-devel-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
polkit-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.aarch64
noarch:
polkit-docs-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.noarch
src:
polkit-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.src
x86_64:
polkit-debuginfo-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
polkit-libs-debuginfo-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
polkit-libs-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
polkit-devel-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
polkit-debugsource-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64
polkit-125-1.amzn2023.0.2.x86_64