[Ksplice][EL6-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (RHSA-2013:0630-1)

[Jamie Iles]

Synopsis: RHSA-2013:0630-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-0268

Systems running RHCK on Oracle Linux 6, 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-2013:0630-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on OL 6, RHEL 6, CentOS
6, and Scientific Linux 6 install these updates.

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 action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2013-0268: /dev/cpu/*/msr local privilege escalation.

Access to /dev/cpu/*/msr was protected only using filesystem
checks. A local uid 0 (root) user with all capabilities dropped
could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode.

SUPPORT

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