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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.9.85-47.59.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.07% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-1661230
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 16 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 16 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1068 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.9.85-47.59.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-971.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-devel package and not the kernel-tools-devel 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 4.x kernel's implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory.

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CVSS Scores

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NVD

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