[Ksplice][CloudLinux 5 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (2.6.18-294.26.1.el5.lve0.7.45)

Nelson Elhage nelhage at ksplice.com
Sat Dec 4 11:37:29 PST 2010


Synopsis: 2.6.18-294.26.1.el5.lve0.7.45 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2010-4249

Systems running CloudLinux 5 can now use Ksplice to patch against the
latest CloudLinux 5 kernel update, 2.6.18-294.26.1.el5.lve0.7.45.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on CloudLinux 5 install
these updates.  You can install these updates by running:

# uptrack-upgrade -y

DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2010-4249: Denial of service in UNIX domain socket handling.

An unprivileged user could consume large amounts of kernel memory through
mechanisms involving local UNIX domain sockets, causing a denial of service
(out-of-memory) condition.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at support at ksplice.com or +1 765-577-5423.



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