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High ALAS2-2020-1495 6 CVEs

Important: kernel security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Sep 28, 2020 · Updated Jun 29, 2023

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-20565: An issue in the HID driver in the Linux kernel may lead to invalid memory access. CVE-2020-25285: A flaw was found in the Linux kernels sysctl handling code for hugepages management. When multiple root level processes would write to modify the /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages file it could create a race on internal variables leading to a system crash or memory corruption. CVE-2020-25212: A flaw was found in the NFSv4 implementation where when mounting a remote attacker controlled server it could return specially crafted response allow for local memory corruption and possibly privilege escalation. CVE-2020-25211: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local attacker, able to inject conntrack netlink configuration, could overflow a local buffer causing crashes or triggering the use of incorrect protocol numbers in ctnetlink_parse_tuple_filter in net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. CVE-2020-14331: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of the invert video code on VGA consoles when a local attacker attempts to resize the console, calling an ioctl VT_RESIZE, which causes an out-of-bounds write to occur. This flaw allows a local user with access to the VGA console to crash the system, potentially escalating their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. CVE-2020-14314: A memory out-of-bounds read flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext3/ext4 file system, in the way it accesses a directory with broken indexing. This flaw allows a local user to crash the system if the directory exists. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. CVE-2019-19448: A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of BTRFS free space management, where the kernel does not correctly manage the lifetime of internal data structures used. An attacker could use this flaw to corrupt memory or escalate privileges.

Fixed packages 14

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-devel 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-headers 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.198-152.320 0:1.0-0.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools-debuginfo 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 kernel-tools-devel 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 perf 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 perf-debuginfo 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 python-perf 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2
Amazon Linux · 2 python-perf-debuginfo 0:4.14.198-152.320.amzn2

Vulnerabilities 6

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2019-19448.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-14314.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-14331.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-25211.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-25212.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2020-25285.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2022-20565.html