vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-3609: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1539)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | 2021-06-23 | 2021-10-05 | 2023-07-14 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
2021-06-23
Added
2021-10-05
Modified
2023-07-14
Description
.A flaw was found in the CAN BCM networking protocol in the Linux kernel, where a local attacker can abuse a flaw in the CAN subsystem to corrupt memory, crash the system or escalate privileges. This race condition in net/can/bcm.c in the Linux kernel allows for local privilege escalation to root.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel
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