Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-1111 |
CWE-ID | CWE-77 |
Exploitation vector | Local |
Public exploit | Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. |
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Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Amazon Web Services |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU12743
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 6.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1111
CWE-ID:
CWE-77 - Command injection
Exploit availability: Yes
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a physical attacker to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists in the NetworkManager integration script due to command injection. A physical attacker can return specially crafted data via dhcp and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Update the affected packages.
i686:Vulnerable software versions
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.i686
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.i686
dhcp-common-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.i686
dhcp-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.i686
dhclient-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.i686
src:
dhcp-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.src
x86_64:
dhcp-debuginfo-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.x86_64
dhcp-devel-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.x86_64
dhcp-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.x86_64
dhclient-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.x86_64
dhcp-common-4.1.1-53.P1.28.amzn1.x86_64
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-1024.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
No. The attacker should have physical access to the system in order to successfully exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, a fully functional exploit for this vulnerability is available.