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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.193-149.317.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-1683879
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 16 Sep 2020
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Introduced: 16 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-14386 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 0:4.14.193-149.317.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-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 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.

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

7.8 high
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SUSE

8.4 high