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CVE-2021-26401 Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.268-205.500.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-2421131
  • published 11 Mar 2022
  • disclosed 11 Mar 2022
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Introduced: 11 Mar 2022

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How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.268-205.500.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1761.

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.

LFENCE/JMP (mitigation V2-2) may not sufficiently mitigate CVE-2017-5715 on some AMD CPUs.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.6 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • 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

4.7 medium
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SUSE

5.6 medium