[Ksplice][Fedora-13-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (FEDORA-2010-11462)

Greg Price price at ksplice.com
Tue Aug 3 21:05:54 PDT 2010


Synopsis: FEDORA-2010-11462 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2010-2524

Systems running Fedora 13 can now use Ksplice to patch against the
latest Fedora security update, FEDORA-2010-11462.


INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all Ksplice Uptrack Fedora 13 users install these
updates.  You can install these updates by running:

# uptrack-upgrade -y


DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2010-2524: False CIFS mount via DNS cache poisoning

The dns_resolver upcall used by CIFS was susceptible to cache
poisoning.  An unprivileged user could insert a false entry into the
keyring, and then trick the system into mounting a server of their
choosing.


SUPPORT

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



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