Amazon Linux 1 (EOL) Security Advisory: ALAS-2015-523
Advisory Released Date: 2015-05-14
Advisory Updated Date: 2015-05-14
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's Intel AES-NI instructions optimized version of the RFC4106 GCM mode decryption functionality handled fragmented packets. A remote attacker could use this flaw to crash, or potentially escalate their privileges on, a system over a connection with an active AEC-GCM mode IPSec security association. (CVE-2015-3331)
It was found that the Linux kernel's ping socket implementation did not properly handle socket unhashing during spurious disconnects, which could lead to a use-after-free flaw. On x86-64 architecture systems, a local user able to create ping sockets could use this flaw to crash the system. On non-x86-64 architecture systems, a local user able to create ping sockets could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on the system. (CVE-2015-3636)
Affected Packages:
kernel
Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel or yum update --advisory ALAS-2015-523 to update your system.Run yum clean all followed by yum update kernel to update your system. You will need to reboot your system in order for the new kernel to be running.
i686:
kernel-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.i686
perf-debuginfo-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-devel-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.i686
perf-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.i686
kernel-headers-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.i686
kernel-devel-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.i686
noarch:
kernel-doc-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.noarch
src:
kernel-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.src
x86_64:
kernel-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.x86_64
perf-3.14.42-31.38.amzn1.x86_64