Resource Injection Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.345-262.561.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-7710997
  • published 20 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 21 Mar 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.345-262.561.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2615.

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.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: nf_tables: disallow timeout for anonymous sets

Never used from userspace, disallow these parameters.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

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

4.7 medium