Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-3134: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2016-694)
7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
04/27/2016
07/25/2018
04/28/2016
10/14/2022
Description
The netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.5.2 does not validate certain offset fields, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt call.
Solution(s)
- amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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