[Ksplice][EL6-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (CVE-2016-5696)
Jamie Iles
jamie.iles at oracle.com
Thu Aug 18 05:53:06 PDT 2016
Synopsis: CVE-2016-5696 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2016-5696
Systems running RHCK on Oracle Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6,
CentOS 6, and Scientific Linux 6 can now use Ksplice to patch CVE-2016-5696.
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-2016-5696: Session hijacking in TCP connections.
A logic error in the core TCP subsystem can allow attackers to easily
guess secret information and inject arbitrary packets into a TCP stream.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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