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Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2025-1961)
high Nessus Plugin ID 232285
Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.Description
The version of kernel installed on the remote host is prior to 4.14.355-194.598. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2025-1961 advisory.In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: guard against string buffer overrun (CVE-2024-49995)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ppp: fix ppp_async_encode() illegal access (CVE-2024-50035)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
udf: fix uninit-value use in udf_get_fileshortad (CVE-2024-50143)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm cache: fix out-of-bounds access to the dirty bitset when resizing (CVE-2024-50279)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: sg: Fix slab-use-after-free read in sg_release() (CVE-2024-56631)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tipc: Fix use-after-free of kernel socket in cleanup_bearer(). (CVE-2024-56642)
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/faqs.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-50143.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-49995.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-50035.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-56642.html
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-56631.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 232285
File Name: ala_ALAS-2025-1961.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 3/7/2025
Updated: 3/7/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-56642
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:perf-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-i686, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64, cpe:/o:amazon:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-49995, CVE-2024-50035, CVE-2024-50143, CVE-2024-50279, CVE-2024-56631, CVE-2024-56642