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High ALAS2-2021-1697 1 CVE

Important: linuxptp security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Aug 4, 2021 · Updated Aug 5, 2021

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-3570: A flaw was found in the ptp4l program of the linuxptp package. A missing length check when forwarding a PTP message between ports allows a remote attacker to cause an information leak, crash, or potentially remote code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. 1966240: CVE-2021-3570 linuxptp: missing length check of forwarded messages

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 linuxptp 0:2.0-2.amzn2.1
Amazon Linux · 2 linuxptp-debuginfo 0:2.0-2.amzn2.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3570.html