Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <0:4.14.193-149.317.amzn2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-1683942
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 16 Sep 2020
Introduced: 16 Sep 2020
CVE-2020-14386 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64
to version 0:4.14.193-149.317.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1488
.
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 flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 5.9-rc4. Memory corruption can be exploited to gain root privileges from unprivileged processes. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14386
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-14386
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNCPXERMUHPSGF6S2VVFL5NVVPBBFB63/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159565/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0072-1.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=acf69c946233259ab4d64f8869d4037a198c7f06
- https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2020/q3/146
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/17/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/09/21/1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNCPXERMUHPSGF6S2VVFL5NVVPBBFB63/