[El-errata] New Ksplice updates for UEKR4 4.1.12 on OL6 and OL7 (ELSA-2017-3629)
Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux
el-errata at oss.oracle.com
Wed Oct 11 06:14:01 PDT 2017
Synopsis: ELSA-2017-3629 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2017-7541
Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2017-3629.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR4 4.1.12 on
OL6 and OL7 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-2017-7541: Buffer overflow in Broadcom IEEE802.11n embedded FullMAC WLAN driver.
A logic error in Broadcom IEEE802.11n embedded FullMAC WLAN driver could
lead to buffer overflow when user send a crafted NL80211_CMD_FRAME
packet via netlink. A local attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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