Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.200-155.322.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.28% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PERFDEBUGINFO-1687550
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed13 Oct 2020

Introduced: 13 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-25645  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-319  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.200-155.322.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1520.

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.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Traffic between two Geneve endpoints may be unencrypted when IPsec is configured to encrypt traffic for the specific UDP port used by the GENEVE tunnel allowing anyone between the two endpoints to read the traffic unencrypted. The main threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

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