Use of Insufficiently Random Values Affecting kernel-headers package, versions <0:4.14.42-52.37.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.67% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNELHEADERS-1713817
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed21 May 2018

Introduced: 21 May 2018

CVE-2018-1108  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-330  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel-headers to version 0:4.14.42-52.37.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-1023.

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.

kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated.

CVSS Scores

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