vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-17712: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-944)
Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 15, 2017 | Feb 1, 2018 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 15, 2017
Added
Feb 1, 2018
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
The raw_sendmsg() function in net/ipv4/raw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.6 has a race condition in inet->hdrincl that leads to uninitialized stack pointer usage; this allows a local user to execute code and gain privileges.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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