Information Exposure Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.9.76-3.78.amzn1
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Snyk has a proof-of-concept or detailed explanation of how to exploit this vulnerability.
Proof of Concept
EPSS
92.36% (100th percentile)
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed4 Jan 2018
Introduced: 4 Jan 2018
CVE-2017-5754 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.9.76-3.78.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-939.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-devel package and not the kernel-tools-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
Systems with microprocessors utilizing speculative execution and indirect branch prediction may allow unauthorized disclosure of information to an attacker with local user access via a side-channel analysis of the data cache.
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