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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-1125: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2019-1253)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2019-1125: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2019-1253)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/05/2019
Created
08/15/2019
Added
08/13/2019
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when certain central processing units (CPU) speculatively access memory, aka 'Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-1071, CVE-2019-1073.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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