[Ksplice][EL6-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (CVE-2013-2064)
Jamie Iles
jamie.iles at oracle.com
Wed May 15 02:12:34 PDT 2013
Synopsis: CVE-2013-2064 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-2094
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 kernel update, CVE-2013-2064.
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-2013-2094: Out-of-bounds memory write in perf_event_open() system call.
Due to implicit integer truncation, an unprivileged user can corrupt
kernel memory by passing an invalid value to the perf_event_open()
system call, possibly leading to denial of service or privilege
escalation.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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