[Ksplice][CloudLinux 5 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (2.6.18-448.4.1.el5.lve0.8.69.1)

[Sonja Tideman]

Synopsis: 2.6.18-448.4.1.el5.lve0.8.69.1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-2224

Systems running CloudLinux 5 can now use Ksplice to patch against the
latest CloudLinux 5 kernel update, 2.6.18-448.4.1.el5.lve0.8.69.1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on CloudLinux 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-2013-2224: Denial of service in sendmsg().

An invalid free used while sending a message with the sendmsg(2) call with
IP_RETOPTS set could lead to a kernel crash.  This could be exploited by a
malicious user to cause a denial of service or possibly allow arbitrary code
execution.

SUPPORT

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