Amazon Linux kernel security update ALAS-2014-36
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 199 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Android Futex Requeue Kernel Exploit | 9 Feb 201500:00 | – | packetstorm |
![]() | Immunity Canvas: LINUX_FUTEX_REQUEUE | 7 Jun 201414:55 | – | canvas |
![]() | CVE-2014-3153 Futex requeue exploit | Cloud Foundry | 18 Aug 201400:00 | – | cloudfoundry |
![]() | Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2014-363) | 12 Oct 201400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3037) | 9 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : unbreakable enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3038) | 9 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SuSE 11.3 Security Update : Linux Kernel (SAT Patch Numbers 9328 / 9329 / 9330) | 11 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2014-3039) | 9 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : linux-lts-quantal vulnerability (USN-2237-1) | 6 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 20 : kernel-3.14.6-200.fc20 (2014-7128) | 12 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120340");
script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3153");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:24:01 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
script_version("2025-01-23T05:37:38+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-23 05:37:38 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-07-02 12:17:50 +0000 (Tue, 02 Jul 2024)");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-363)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2014-363");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-363.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-363 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FUTEX_REQUEUE command that facilitates unsafe waiter modification.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'kernel' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "AMAZON") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel", rpm:"kernel~3.10.42~52.145.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-debuginfo~3.10.42~52.145.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debuginfo-common-i686", rpm:"kernel-debuginfo-common-i686~3.10.42~52.145.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64", rpm:"kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64~3.10.42~52.145.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-devel", rpm:"kernel-devel~3.10.42~52.145.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-doc", rpm:"kernel-doc~3.10.42~52.145.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-headers", rpm:"kernel-headers~3.10.42~52.145.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perf", rpm:"perf~3.10.42~52.145.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"perf-debuginfo", rpm:"perf-debuginfo~3.10.42~52.145.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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