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Memory Leak Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.14.192-147.314.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.38% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-1683521
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 18 Nov 2019
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Introduced: 18 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-19074 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-401 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 0:4.14.192-147.314.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1480.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package and not the kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

A memory leak in the ath9k_wmi_cmd() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-728c1e2a05e4.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

5.9 medium