Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2024-2314: If kernel headers need to be extracted, bcc will attempt to load them from a temporary directory. An unprivileged attacker could use this to force bcc to load compromised linux headers. Linux distributions which provide kernel headers by default are not affected by default.
Fixed packages 7
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bcc | 0:0.24.0-3.amzn2.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bcc-debuginfo | 0:0.24.0-3.amzn2.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bcc-devel | 0:0.24.0-3.amzn2.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bcc-doc | 0:0.24.0-3.amzn2.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | bcc-tools | 0:0.24.0-3.amzn2.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | libbpf-tools | 0:0.24.0-3.amzn2.0.5 |
| Amazon Linux · 2 | python3-bcc | 0:0.24.0-3.amzn2.0.5 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Low 2.8
If kernel headers need to be extracted, bcc will attempt to load them from a temporary directory. An unprivileged attac…
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-2314.html