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Medium ALAS2-2019-1280 2 CVEs

Moderate: kernel security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Sep 13, 2019 · Updated Sep 19, 2019

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-9363: A buffer overflow due to a singed-unsigned comparsion was found in hidp_process_report() in the net/bluetooth/hidp/core.c in the Linux kernel. The buffer length is an unsigned int but gets cast to a signed int which in certain conditions can lead to a system panic and a denial-of-service. 1623067: CVE-2018-9363 kernel: Buffer overflow in hidp_process_report CVE-2018-15594: It was found that paravirt_patch_call/jump() functions in the arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c in the Linux kernel mishandles certain indirect calls, which makes it easier for attackers to conduct Spectre-v2 attacks against paravirtualized guests. 1620555: CVE-2018-15594 kernel: Mishandling of indirect calls weakens Spectre mitigation for paravirtual guests

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-devel 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-headers 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools-devel 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 perf 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 perf-debuginfo 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 python-perf 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 python-perf-debuginfo 0:4.14.67-71.56.amzn2

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2018-15594.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2018-9363.html