vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-0179: Security patch for kernel, kernel-livepatch-5.10.155-138.670, kernel-livepatch-5.10.157-139.675, kernel-livepatch-5.10.162-141.675 (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Feb 9, 2023 | Feb 9, 2023 | May 20, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Feb 9, 2023
Added
Feb 9, 2023
Modified
May 20, 2026
Description
A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.
Solutions
amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftoolamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftool-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernelamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-headersamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-155-138-670amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-155-138-670-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-157-139-675amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-157-139-675-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-162-141-675amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-162-141-675-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-10-165-143-735amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-5-15-90-54-138amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-toolsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perf-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perf-debuginfo
References
Rapid7 Labs
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