Information Exposure Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.9.27-14.31.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PERFDEBUGINFO-1705456
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed14 Feb 2017

Introduced: 14 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-5967  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.9.27-14.31.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-828.

NVD Description

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

The time subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9, when CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID values inside a PID namespace) by reading the /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in kernel/time/timer.c.