vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-14634: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2018-1087)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/26/2018
Added
10/05/2018
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

An integer overflow flaw was found in the Linux kernel's create_elf_tables() function. An unprivileged local user with access to SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. Kernel versions 2.6.x, 3.10.x and 4.14.x are believed to be vulnerable.

Solution

amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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