Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2017-832
Advisory Release Date: 2017-05-23 23:25 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2017-05-31 21:40 Pacific
Unsafe second checksum calculation in udp.c:
The Linux kernel allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via UDP traffic that triggers an unsafe second checksum calculation during execution of a recv system call with the MSG_PEEK flag. This may create a kernel panic or memory corruption leading to privilege escalation. (CVE-2016-10229)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel to update your system.
i686:
perf-debuginfo-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.i686
perf-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.i686
kernel-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.i686
kernel-headers-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.i686
kernel-devel-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-devel-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.i686
noarch:
kernel-doc-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.noarch
src:
kernel-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.src
x86_64:
kernel-headers-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64
perf-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-devel-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-4.9.17-8.31.amzn1.x86_64