vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-4998: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2016-718)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C) | Jun 24, 2016 | Jul 14, 2016 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jun 24, 2016
Added
Jul 14, 2016
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
The IPT_SO_SET_REPLACE setsockopt implementation in the netfilter subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging in-container root access to provide a crafted offset value that leads to crossing a ruleset blob boundary.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
References
Rapid7 Labs
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