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Amazon Linux AMI: ALAS-2017-895: Security patch for aws-cfn-bootstrap

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Amazon Linux AMI: ALAS-2017-895: Security patch for aws-cfn-bootstrap

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/14/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/15/2017
Modified
12/20/2017

Description

The default umask value is set to 022 to address a privilege escalation security vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-aws-cfn-bootstrap

References

  • ALAS-2017-895

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