Amazon Linux AMI update for kernel



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
CVE-ID CVE-2017-17741
CVE-2017-17448
CVE-2017-8824
CVE-2017-17712
CVE-2017-17450
CWE-ID CWE-125
CWE-264
CWE-416
CWE-362
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #3 is available.
Vulnerable software
 Amazon Linux AMI
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Amazon Web Services

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU9773

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17741

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

i686:
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-headers-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    perf-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    kernel-doc-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.noarch

src:
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    perf-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-944.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Security restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU9768

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17448

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

i686:
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-headers-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    perf-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    kernel-doc-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.noarch

src:
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    perf-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-944.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Use-after-free error

EUVDB-ID: #VU9767

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8824

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

i686:
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-headers-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    perf-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    kernel-doc-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.noarch

src:
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    perf-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-944.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

4) Race condition

EUVDB-ID: #VU9772

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17712

CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

i686:
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-headers-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    perf-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    kernel-doc-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.noarch

src:
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    perf-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-944.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Security restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU9770

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17450

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.

i686:
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-headers-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686
    perf-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.i686

noarch:
    kernel-doc-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.noarch

src:
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    perf-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.9.77-31.58.amzn1.x86_64

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-944.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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