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Critical ALAS2-2019-1222 3 CVEs

Critical: kernel security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jun 13, 2019 · Updated Jun 17, 2019

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-11479: CVE-2019-11478: CVE-2019-11477:

Fixed packages 13

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-devel 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-headers 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools-devel 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 perf 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 perf-debuginfo 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 python-perf 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 python-perf-debuginfo 0:4.14.123-111.109.amzn2

Vulnerabilities 3

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2019-11477 Public exploit EPSS 99%

    Integer overflow in TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_gso_segs

    Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_gso_segs value was subject to an integer overflow in the Linux kernel when handling TCP Selective Acknowledgments (SACKs). A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. This has been fi…

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2019-11478 Public exploit EPSS 94%

    SACK can cause extensive memory use via fragmented resend queue

    Jonathan Looney discovered that the TCP retransmission queue implementation in tcp_fragment in the Linux kernel could be fragmented when handling certain TCP Selective Acknowledgment (SACK) sequences. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of serv…

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2019-11479 EPSS 91%

    Jonathan Looney discovered that the Linux kernel default MSS is hard-coded to 48 bytes. This allows a remote peer to fr…

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-11477.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-11478.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-11479.html