<p>Upgrade <code>Amazon-Linux:2</code> <code>kernel-tools-devel</code> to version 0:4.14.173-137.228.amzn2 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ALAS2-2020-1405</code>.</p>

Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.173-137.228.amzn2

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Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-6098358
published 5 Dec 2023
disclosed 22 Aug 2023

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Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2020-27418 Open this link in a new tab CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.173-137.228.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1405.

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 Use After Free vulnerability in Fedora Linux kernel 5.9.0-rc9 allows attackers to obatin sensitive information via vgacon_invert_region() function.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Local
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

High
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

High
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

None