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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-28374: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1480)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-28374: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1480)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/12/2021
Created
02/20/2021
Added
02/18/2021
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

In drivers/target/target_core_xcopy.c in the Linux kernel before 5.10.7, insufficient identifier checking in the LIO SCSI target code can be used by remote attackers to read or write files via directory traversal in an XCOPY request, aka CID-2896c93811e3. For example, an attack can occur over a network if the attacker has access to one iSCSI LUN. The attacker gains control over file access because I/O operations are proxied via an attacker-selected backstore.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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