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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-42753: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2023-1838)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2023-42753: Security patch for kernel (ALAS-2023-1838)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/25/2023
Created
10/18/2023
Added
10/17/2023
Modified
10/17/2023

Description

An array indexing vulnerability was found in the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel. A missing macro could lead to a miscalculation of the `h->nets` array offset, providing attackers with the primitive to arbitrarily increment/decrement a memory buffer out-of-bound. This issue may allow a local user to crash the system or potentially escalate their privileges on the system.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-kernel

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