7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.974 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.9%
Issue Overview:
CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478 and CVE-2019-11479 describe vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that can be remotely exploited using a specially crafted TCP connection, crashing the targeted system.
The latest Amazon Linux AMIs as available in AWS EC2 already contain these kernels and are not vulnerable.
Affected Packages:
kernel
Issue Correction:
Run yum update kernel and reboot to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.i686
perf-debuginfo-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.i686
kernel-devel-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.i686
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.i686
kernel-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.i686
kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.i686
kernel-headers-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.i686
perf-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.i686
src:
kernel-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.src
x86_64:
kernel-devel-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-devel-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-headers-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-tools-debuginfo-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.x86_64
perf-debuginfo-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.x86_64
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.x86_64
perf-4.14.123-86.109.amzn1.x86_64
Red Hat: CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478, CVE-2019-11479
Mitre: CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478, CVE-2019-11479
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.8 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
0.974 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.9%