[Ksplice][RHEL 5 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (CVE-2013-2224)

[Sasha Levin]

Synopsis: CVE-2013-2224 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-2224

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat kernel update, CVE-2013-2224.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on RHEL 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.