USN-3331-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3331-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3331-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3331-1
Related
Published
2017-06-22T02:59:06.027272Z
Modified
2017-06-22T02:59:06.027272Z
Summary
linux-aws vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that the stack guard page for processes in the Linux kernel was not sufficiently large enough to prevent overlapping with the heap. An attacker could leverage this with another vulnerability to execute arbitrary code and gain administrative privileges

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / linux-aws

Package

Name
linux-aws
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws@4.4.0-1020.29?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.4.0-1020.29

Affected versions

4.*

4.4.0-1001.10
4.4.0-1003.12
4.4.0-1004.13
4.4.0-1007.16
4.4.0-1009.18
4.4.0-1011.20
4.4.0-1012.21
4.4.0-1013.22
4.4.0-1016.25
4.4.0-1017.26
4.4.0-1018.27

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "linux-aws-headers-4.4.0-1020": "4.4.0-1020.29",
            "linux-headers-4.4.0-1020-aws": "4.4.0-1020.29",
            "linux-aws-cloud-tools-4.4.0-1020": "4.4.0-1020.29",
            "linux-cloud-tools-4.4.0-1020-aws": "4.4.0-1020.29",
            "linux-aws-tools-4.4.0-1020": "4.4.0-1020.29",
            "linux-aws-cloud-tools-4.4.0-1020-dbgsym": "4.4.0-1020.29",
            "linux-aws-tools-4.4.0-1020-dbgsym": "4.4.0-1020.29",
            "linux-image-4.4.0-1020-aws-dbgsym": "4.4.0-1020.29",
            "linux-tools-4.4.0-1020-aws": "4.4.0-1020.29",
            "linux-image-4.4.0-1020-aws": "4.4.0-1020.29"
        }
    ]
}