[Ksplice][Virtuozzo 4.7 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (2.6.32-042stab117.14)
Phil Turnbull
phil.turnbull at oracle.com
Tue Sep 13 13:11:38 PDT 2016
Synopsis: 2.6.32-042stab117.14 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2016-5696
Systems running Virtuozzo 4.7 or the OpenVZ RHEL 6 kernel can now use
Ksplice to patch against the latest Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.7
kernel security update, 2.6.32-042stab117.14.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Virtuozzo 4.7 or
OpenVZ on RHEL 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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