Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.9.58-18.51.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
0.93% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-KERNELTOOLS-1708603
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed12 Sept 2017

Introduced: 12 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-1000251  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel-tools to version 0:4.9.58-18.51.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-914.

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.

The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and including 4.13.1, are vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space.

CVSS Scores

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