[El-errata] New updates available via Ksplice (ELSA-2014-3088)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2014-3088 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-3673 CVE-2014-3687

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Security Advisory, ELSA-2014-3088.

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-2014-3673: Remote denial-of-service in SCTP stack.

A flaw in the SCTP stack when receiving malformed ASCONF chunks leads to a
kernel panic. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.


* CVE-2014-3687: Remote denial-of-service in SCTP stack.

A flaw in the SCTP stack when receiving duplicate ASCONF chunks leads to a
kernel panic. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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