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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-24490: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2020-1446)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-24490: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2020-1446)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/20/2020
Created
11/20/2020
Added
11/18/2020
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

Improper buffer restrictions in BlueZ may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. This affects all Linux kernel versions that support BlueZ.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

References

  • ALAS-2020-1446
  • CVE-2020-24490
  • USN-4592-1
  • USN-4752-1

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