ALAS-2023-1897


Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1897
Advisory Release Date: 2023-11-29 23:18 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2024-06-19 18:46 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

2024-06-19: CVE-2023-52845 was added to this advisory.

A use-after-free flaw was found in vcs_read in drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c in vc_screen in the Linux Kernel. In this flaw an attacker with local user access may lead to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information. (CVE-2023-3567)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: Change nla_policy for bearer-related names to NLA_NUL_STRING (CVE-2023-52845)


Affected Packages:

kernel


Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel to update your system.

New Packages:
i686:
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.i686
    kernel-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.i686
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.i686
    perf-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.i686
    kernel-headers-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.i686
    kernel-devel-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    kernel-devel-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-4.14.330-176.540.amzn1.x86_64