Information Exposure Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:3.2.28-45.62.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNELHEADERS-1665313
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed3 Oct 2012

Introduced: 3 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-3430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel-headers to version 0:3.2.28-45.62.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-118.

NVD Description

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

The rds_recvmsg function in net/rds/recv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.0.44 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom or (2) recvmsg system call on an RDS socket.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1