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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-28772: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1539)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-28772: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2021-1539)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/30/2021
Created
07/17/2023
Added
07/14/2023
Modified
07/14/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.13.3. lib/seq_buf.c has a seq_buf_putmem_hex buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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