[El-errata] New updates available via Ksplice (ELSA-2014-0740-1)
Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux
el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Thu Jun 12 02:44:20 PDT 2014
Synopsis: ELSA-2014-0740-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-7339
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Security Advisory, ELSA-2014-0740-1.
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-2013-7339: NULL pointer dereference in RDS socket binding.
A missing pointer validation can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and kernel
panic when binding an RDS socket.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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