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Memory Leak Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.296-222.539.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-3243892
  • published 21 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 17 Oct 2022
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Introduced: 17 Oct 2022

CVE-2022-3542 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-401 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.296-222.539.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1876.

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.

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: none.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

3.3 low
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SUSE

5.9 medium