Risk | Low |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-12207 |
CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
Exploitation vector | Local network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Amazon Web Services |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU22712
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1: 4.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12207
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the mechanism responsible for error handling on some Intel platforms. A local user of a guest operating system can use a specially crafted application to trigger memory corruption and cause the host system to stop responding.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Below is the list of processor families that are affected by this vulnerability:
Client:
Server:
Update the affected packages:
i686:Vulnerable software versions
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.i686
perf-debuginfo-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.i686
perf-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.i686
kernel-devel-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.i686
kernel-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.i686
kernel-headers-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.i686
src:
kernel-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.src
x86_64:
kernel-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.x86_64
perf-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-devel-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-headers-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.154-99.181.amzn1.x86_64
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1322.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the local network (LAN).
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.