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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.9.51-10.52.amzn1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.39% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNELTOOLS-1708439
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed26 Jul 2018
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Introduced: 26 Jul 2018

CVE-2017-7558  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel-tools to version 0:4.9.51-10.52.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-901.

NVD Description

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

A kernel data leak due to an out-of-bound read was found in the Linux kernel in inet_diag_msg_sctp{,l}addr_fill() and sctp_get_sctp_info() functions present since version 4.7-rc1 through version 4.13. A data leak happens when these functions fill in sockaddr data structures used to export socket's diagnostic information. As a result, up to 100 bytes of the slab data could be leaked to a userspace.