Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool, kernel, kernel-devel (ALAS2023-2024-683)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 205104

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-683 advisory.

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

Input: cyapa - add missing input core locking to suspend/resume functions (CVE-2023-52884)

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

genirq/cpuhotplug, x86/vector: Prevent vector leak during CPU offline (CVE-2024-31076)

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

efi: libstub: only free priv.runtime_map when allocated (CVE-2024-33619)

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

ipvlan: Dont Use skb->sk in ipvlan_process_v{4,6}_outbound (CVE-2024-33621)

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

netfilter: tproxy: bail out if IP has been disabled on the device (CVE-2024-36270)

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

netfilter: nfnetlink_queue: acquire rcu_read_lock() in instance_destroy_rcu() (CVE-2024-36286)

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

net: relax socket state check at accept time. (CVE-2024-36484)

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

tls: fix missing memory barrier in tls_init (CVE-2024-36489)

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

virtio: delete vq in vp_find_vqs_msix() when request_irq() fails (CVE-2024-37353)

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

tcp: Fix shift-out-of-bounds in dctcp_update_alpha(). (CVE-2024-37356)

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

fs/ntfs3: Use variable length array instead of fixed size (CVE-2024-38623)

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

fs/ntfs3: Use 64 bit variable to avoid 32 bit overflow (CVE-2024-38624)

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

bpf: Allow delete from sockmap/sockhash only if update is allowed (CVE-2024-38662)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'dnf update kernel --releasever 2023.5.20240805' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 205104

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-683.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/6/2024

Updated: 8/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.8

Temporal Score: 2.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38662

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-libbpf-static, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-modules-extra-common, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-livepatch-6.1.94-99.176

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52884, CVE-2024-31076, CVE-2024-33619, CVE-2024-33621, CVE-2024-36270, CVE-2024-36286, CVE-2024-36484, CVE-2024-36489, CVE-2024-37353, CVE-2024-37356, CVE-2024-38623, CVE-2024-38624, CVE-2024-38662

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