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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-2314: Security patch for bcc (ALAS-2024-2551)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2024-2314: Security patch for bcc (ALAS-2024-2551)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/10/2024
Created
06/01/2024
Added
05/31/2024
Modified
05/31/2024

Description

If kernel headers need to be extracted, bcc will attempt to load them from a temporary directory. An unprivileged attacker could use this to force bcc to load compromised linux headers. Linux distributions which provide kernel headers by default are not affected by default.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bcc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bcc-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bcc-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bcc-doc
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bcc-tools
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-libbpf-tools
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-bcc

References

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