vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-14390: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2020-1437)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 18, 2020
Added
Jul 14, 2023
Modified
Jul 14, 2023

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc6. When changing screen size, an out-of-bounds memory write can occur leading to memory corruption or a denial of service. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.

Solution

amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
Title
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