Information Exposure Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.9.81-44.57.amzn2

Q: How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.9.81-44.57.amzn2 or higher. This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-956 .

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Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PERFDEBUGINFO-1660950
published27 Sept 2021
disclosed26 Jan 2018

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Introduced: 26 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5750 (opens in a new tab) CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.9.81-44.57.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-956.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf-debuginfo package and not the perf-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

The acpi_smbus_hc_add function in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.15 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from an SBS HC printk call.