[Ksplice][EL6-Updates] New Ksplice updates for OL 6, RHEL 6, CentOS 6, and Scientific Linux 6 (RHSA-2020:1524)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: RHSA-2020:1524 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2017-1000371 CVE-2019-17666

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-2020:1524.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running 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-2019-17666: Remote code execution in Realtek peer-to-peer Wifi.

Missing validation could result in a kernel buffer overflow and
potentially code-execution.  A remote attacker in proximity to the
device could use this flaw to crash the system or potentially, execute
code.


* CVE-2017-1000371: Privilege escalation when executing a shared object file.

A logic error when loading shared object file with ELF format could
facilitate an exploit leading to privilege escalation.

Note: Oracle will not be providing a zero downtime update for
CVE-2017-1000371 on 32 bits kernels.

SUPPORT

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