Information Exposure Affecting kernel package, versions <0:3.10.53-56.140.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNEL-1676754
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed23 Jun 2014

Introduced: 23 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-1739  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel to version 0:3.10.53-56.140.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2014-392.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel package and not the kernel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.

CVSS Scores

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