Out-of-bounds Write Affecting perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.248-129.473.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PERFDEBUGINFO-1727904
  • published5 Oct 2021
  • disclosed26 Jul 2021

Introduced: 26 Jul 2021

CVE-2021-37576  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.248-129.473.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2021-1539.

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.

arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_rtas.c in the Linux kernel through 5.13.5 on the powerpc platform allows KVM guest OS users to cause host OS memory corruption via rtas_args.nargs, aka CID-f62f3c20647e.

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