[El-errata] New updates available via Ksplice (ELSA-2013-2512)
Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux
el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Fri Mar 15 05:26:48 PDT 2013
Synopsis: ELSA-2013-2512 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-0268
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Security Advisory, ELSA-2013-2512.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on EL 5 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-2013-0268: /dev/cpu/*/msr local privilege escalation.
Access to /dev/cpu/*/msr was protected only using filesystem
checks. A local uid 0 (root) user with all capabilities dropped
could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code in kernel mode.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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