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[ALAS-2012-58] Amazon Linux - ALAS-2012-58: medium priority package update for kernel

Severity Medium
Affected Packages 11
CVEs 1
Info Packages References Vulnerabilities

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux that fix the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2012-1568:
804947:
CVE-2012-1568 kernel: execshield: predictable ascii armour base address
* It was found that when running a 32-bit binary that uses a large number of shared libraries, one of the libraries would always be loaded at a predictable address in memory. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass the Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) security feature.

Package Affected Version
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-headers?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-headers?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-doc?arch=noarch&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-devel?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-debuginfo?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-debuginfo?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-debuginfo-common-i686?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-1 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1
ID
ALAS-2012-58
Severity
medium
URL
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-58.html
Published
2012-03-23T14:18:00
(12 years ago)
Modified
2014-09-14T15:44:00
(10 years ago)
Rights
Amazon Linux Security Team
Other Advisories
Type Package URL Namespace Name / Product Version Distribution / Platform Arch Patch / Fix
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 i686
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-headers?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel-headers < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-headers?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel-headers < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 i686
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-doc?arch=noarch&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel-doc < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 noarch
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-devel?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel-devel < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-devel?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel-devel < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 i686
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-debuginfo?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel-debuginfo < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-debuginfo?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel-debuginfo < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 i686
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64?arch=x86_64&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 x86_64
Affected pkg:rpm/amazonlinux/kernel-debuginfo-common-i686?arch=i686&distro=amazonlinux-1 amazonlinux kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 < 3.2.12-3.2.4.amzn1 amazonlinux-1 i686
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