Information Exposure Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.14.291-218.527.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNEL-3022833
  • published 14 Sep 2022
  • disclosed 12 Jul 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel to version 0:4.14.291-218.527.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1838.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Intel microprocessor generations 6 to 8 are affected by a new Spectre variant that is able to bypass their retpoline mitigation in the kernel to leak arbitrary data. An attacker with unprivileged user access can hijack return instructions to achieve arbitrary speculative code execution under certain microarchitecture-dependent conditions.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

5.6 medium
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SUSE

4.7 medium