ALAS-2023-1707

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-3524  

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ipv6_renew_options of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211021 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3524)

ALAS-2023-1707


Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-1707
Advisory Release Date: 2023-03-17 15:53 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-03-22 18:51 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ipv6_renew_options of the component IPv6 Handler. The manipulation leads to memory leak. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211021 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2022-3524)


Affected Packages:

kernel


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

New Packages:
i686:
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.i686
    kernel-devel-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.i686
    kernel-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.i686
    kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.i686
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.i686
    kernel-headers-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.i686
    perf-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.i686
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.i686

src:
    kernel-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.src

x86_64:
    perf-debuginfo-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-debuginfo-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-headers-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-devel-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.x86_64
    perf-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.x86_64
    kernel-tools-devel-4.14.301-153.528.amzn1.x86_64