SB2020020733 - Amazon Linux AMI update for kernel

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SB2020020733 - Amazon Linux AMI update for kernel

Published: February 7, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020020733
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19062)

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the "crypto_report()" function in "crypto/crypto_user_base.c" file. A local attacker can cause a denial of service condition (memory consumption) by triggering "crypto_report_alg()" failures.


2) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19332)

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to damange or delete data.

An out-of-bounds memory write issue was found in the Linux Kernel, version 3.13 through 5.4, in the way the Linux kernel's KVM hypervisor handled the 'KVM_GET_EMULATED_CPUID' ioctl(2) request to get CPUID features emulated by the KVM hypervisor. A user or process able to access the '/dev/kvm' device could use this flaw to crash the system, resulting in a denial of service.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References