SB2018011815 - Amazon Linux AMI update for kernel
Published: January 18, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018011815
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
5
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17741)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to an error in the KVM implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker can trigger write_mmio stack-based out-of-bounds read or possibly have unspecified other impact, related to arch/x86/kvm/x86.c and include/trace/events/kvm.h and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
2) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17448)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.The weakness exists due to net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c in the Linux kernel does not require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for new, get, and del operations. A local attacker can bypass intended access restrictions because the nfnl_cthelper_list data structure is shared across all net namespaces.
3) Use-after-free error (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8824)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges or cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to an error in the dccp_disconnect function in net/dccp/proto.c in the Linux kernel. A local attacker can make specially crafted AF_UNSPEC connect system call during the DCCP_LISTEN state, trigger use-after-free error and gain root privileges or cause the system to crash.
4) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17712)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to a race condition in inet->hdrincl in the raw_sendmsg() function in net/ipv4/raw.c in the Linux kernel. A local attacker can trigger uninitialized stack pointer usage and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
5) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17450)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.The weakness exists due to net/netfilter/xt_osf.c in the Linux kernel through does not require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for add_callback and remove_callback operations. A local attacker can bypass intended access restrictions because the xt_osf_fingers data structure is shared across all net namespaces.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.