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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-0179: Important priority package update for kernel

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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2023-0179: Important priority package update for kernel

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/13/2023
Created
02/14/2025
Added
02/17/2025
Modified
02/17/2025

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in the Netfilter subsystem in the Linux Kernel. This issue could allow the leakage of both stack and heap addresses, and potentially allow Local Privilege Escalation to the root user via arbitrary code execution.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bpftool
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-bpftool-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86-64
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-libbpf-static
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-livepatch-6-1-10-15-42
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-kernel-tools-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-perf
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-perf-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-perf
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-perf-debuginfo

References

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