ALAS2-2019-1222

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-11477   CVE-2019-11478   CVE-2019-11479  

CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478 and CVE-2019-11479 describe vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that can be remotely exploited using a specially crafted TCP connection, crashing the targeted system. The latest Amazon Linux 2 AMIs as available in AWS EC2 already contain these kernels and are not vulnerable.

ALAS2-2019-1222


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2019-1222
Advisory Release Date: 2019-06-13 22:11 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2019-06-17 18:02 Pacific
Severity: Critical

Issue Overview:

CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478 and CVE-2019-11479 describe vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that can be remotely exploited using a specially crafted TCP connection, crashing the targeted system.

The latest Amazon Linux 2 AMIs as available in AWS EC2 already contain these kernels and are not vulnerable.


Affected Packages:

kernel


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

New Packages:
aarch64:
    kernel-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-headers-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-devel-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.aarch64

i686:
    kernel-headers-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.src

x86_64:
    kernel-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    python-perf-debuginfo-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.123-111.109.amzn2.x86_64