Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2018-1051)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 111551

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Synopsis

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

Description

An issue was discovered in the XFS filesystem in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c in the Linux kernel. A NULL pointer dereference may occur for a corrupted xfs image after xfs_da_shrink_inode() is called with a NULL bp. This can lead to a system crash and a denial of service.(CVE-2018-13094)

An issue was discovered in the XFS filesystem in fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c in the Linux kernel. There is a NULL pointer dereference leading to a system panic in lookup_slow() on a NULL inode->i_ops pointer when doing pathwalks on a corrupted xfs image. This occurs because of a lack of proper validation that cached inodes are free during an allocation.(CVE-2018-13093)

Solution

Run 'yum update kernel' and reboot your instance to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2018-1051.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 111551

File Name: al2_ALAS-2018-1051.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/7/2018

Updated: 8/31/2018

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:o:amazon:linux:2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:kernel-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:kernel-headers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:kernel-tools-devel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:perf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:perf-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:python-perf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, p-cpe:2.3:a:amazon:linux:python-perf-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-13093, CVE-2018-13094

ALAS: 2018-1051