[Ksplice][EL7-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (RHSA-2015:0987-1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: RHSA-2015:0987-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2015-3331

Systems running RHCK on Oracle Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7,
CentOS 7, and Scientific Linux 7 can now use Ksplice to patch against
the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2015:0987-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on OL 7, RHEL 7, CentOS
7, and Scientific Linux 7 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-2015-3331: Privilege escalation in Intel AES RFC4106 decryption.

Incorrect mapping of buffers in the Intel AES RFC4106 implementation
could allow a remote attacker to crash the system or potentially
escalate privileges on a system with an active AEC-GCM IPSEC
connection.

SUPPORT

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