Missing Authorization Affecting python-perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.262-200.489.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Attacked
EPSS
5.53% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PYTHONPERFDEBUGINFO-2395682
  • published8 Feb 2022
  • disclosed3 Mar 2022

Introduced: 8 Feb 2022

CVE-2022-0492  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 python-perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.262-200.489.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1749.

NVD Description

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

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel’s cgroup_release_agent_write in the kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c function. This flaw, under certain circumstances, allows the use of the cgroups v1 release_agent feature to escalate privileges and bypass the namespace isolation unexpectedly.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1