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CVE-2019-18808

Public on 2019-11-07
Modified on 2020-08-24
Description

A flaw was found in the AMD Cryptographic Co-processor driver in the Linux kernel. An attacker, able to send invalid SHA type commands, could cause the system to crash. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel 2020-08-18 20:29 ALAS2-2020-1480
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel 2022-01-20 19:25 ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2022-014

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-18808 Mitre: CVE-2019-18808 FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity