[Ksplice][RHEL6-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (RHSA-2012:0052-1)

[Anders Kaseorg]

Synopsis: RHSA-2012:0052-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2012-0056
Red Hat Security Advisory Severity: Important

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, CentOS 6, and Scientific
Linux 6 can now use Ksplice to patch against the latest Red Hat
Security Advisory, RHSA-2012:0052-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on RHEL 6, CentOS 6,
and Scientific Linux 6 install these updates.  You can install these
updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any additional action.


DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2012-0056: Privilege escalation in /proc/[pid]/mem writing.

It was found that permissions were not checked properly in the Linux
kernel when handling the /proc/[pid]/mem writing functionality.  A
local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their
privileges.  Refer to Red Hat Knowledgebase article DOC-69129 for
further information.  (CVE-2012-0056, Important)

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.