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Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-083)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206811

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 5.4.282-194.378. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2024-083 advisory.

 2024-09-12: CVE-2024-44944 was added to this advisory.

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

 netfilter: nf_tables: use timestamp to check for set element timeout (CVE-2024-27397)

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

 devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() (CVE-2024-43871)

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

 mlxsw: spectrum_acl_erp: Fix object nesting warning (CVE-2024-43880)

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

 netfilter: ctnetlink: use helper function to calculate expect ID (CVE-2024-44944)

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 'yum update kernel' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALASKERNEL-5.4-2024-083.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-27397.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-43871.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-43880.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-44944.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206811

File Name: al2_ALASKERNEL-5_4-2024-083.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2024

Updated: 9/13/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-44944

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:bpftool-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-perf

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-27397, CVE-2024-43871, CVE-2024-43880, CVE-2024-44944