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Amazon Linux 2023 : coreutils, coreutils-common, coreutils-single (ALAS2023-2025-1194)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 266155

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1194 advisory.

 A flaw was found in GNU Coreutils. The sort utility's begfield() function is vulnerable to a heap buffer under-read. The program may access memory outside the allocated buffer if a user runs a crafted command using the traditional key format. A malicious input could lead to a crash or leak sensitive data.
 (CVE-2025-5278)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'dnf update coreutils --releasever 2023.9.20250929' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2025-1194 --releasever 2023.9.20250929' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2023/ALAS2023-2025-1194.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2025-5278.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 266155

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2025-1194.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2025

Updated: 9/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5278

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:coreutils, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:coreutils-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:coreutils-single-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:coreutils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:coreutils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:coreutils-single

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5278