Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-20169: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor, related to __usb_get_extra_descriptor in drivers/usb/core/usb.c. 1660385: CVE-2018-20169 kernel: Mishandled size checks during the reading of an extra descriptor CVE-2018-14625: A flaw was found where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from within a vm guest. A race condition between connect() and close() function may allow an attacker using the AF_VSOCK protocol to gather a 4 byte information leak or possibly impersonate AF_VSOCK messages destined to other clients or leak kernel memory. 1619846: CVE-2018-14625 kernel: use-after-free Read in vhost_transport_send_pkt
Fixed packages 13
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
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| Amazon Linux · 2 | kernel | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | kernel-debuginfo | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | kernel-devel | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | kernel-headers | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | kernel-tools | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | kernel-tools-debuginfo | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | kernel-tools-devel | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | perf | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | perf-debuginfo | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python-perf | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python-perf-debuginfo | 0:4.14.88-88.76.amzn2 |
Vulnerabilities 2
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Medium 5.3
A flaw was found in the Linux Kernel where an attacker may be able to have an uncontrolled read to kernel-memory from w…
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Unscored —
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.19.9. The USB subsystem mishandles size checks during the reading …