[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR2 2.6.39 on OL5 and OL6 (ELSA-2017-3591)

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Synopsis: ELSA-2017-3591 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2017-1000364 CVE-2017-7645

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2017-3591.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR2 2.6.39 on
OL5 and OL6 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-2017-7645: Remote denial-of-service via overly sized NFS2/3 RPC call.

If an NFS version 2 or 3 client appends extraneous data to their RPC
calls or replies, the server fails to correctly allocate sufficient
memory, potentially causing memory corruption and a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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