Out-of-Bounds Affecting kernel package, versions <0:4.1.17-22.30.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNEL-1693528
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed8 Feb 2016

Introduced: 8 Feb 2016

CVE-2013-4312  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel to version 0:4.1.17-22.30.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-648.

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 Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.

CVSS Scores

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