vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-2550: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2016-669)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | 2016-04-27 | 2016-04-27 | 2019-05-07 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
2016-04-27
Added
2016-04-27
Modified
2019-05-07
Description
The Linux kernel before 4.5 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging incorrect tracking of descriptor ownership and sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-4312.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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