vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2024-32487: Security patch for less (ALAS-2025-1958)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Apr 13, 2024 | Feb 6, 2025 | Feb 18, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 13, 2024
Added
Feb 6, 2025
Modified
Feb 18, 2025
Description
less through 653 allows OS command execution via a newline character in the name of a file, because quoting is mishandled in filename.c. Exploitation typically requires use with attacker-controlled file names, such as the files extracted from an untrusted archive. Exploitation also requires the LESSOPEN environment variable, but this is set by default in many common cases.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-less
References
Rapid7 Labs
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