[Ksplice][Ubuntu-12.10-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-1846-1)

[Samson Yeung]

Synopsis: USN-1846-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-2850

Systems running Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-1846-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal
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-2013-2850: Remote heap buffer overflow in iSCSI target subsystem.

If an iSCSI target is configured and listening on the network, a remote
attacker can corrupt heap memory, and gain kernel execution control over
the system and gain kernel code execution.

SUPPORT

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