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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-28736: Security patch for mdadm (ALAS-2023-2275)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2023-28736: Security patch for mdadm (ALAS-2023-2275)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/11/2023
Created
10/06/2023
Added
10/06/2023
Modified
10/06/2023

Description

Buffer overflow in some Intel(R) SSD Tools software before version mdadm-4.2-rc2 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-mdadm
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-mdadm-debuginfo

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