[Ksplice][RHEL 5 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (RHSA-2013:0594)
Sasha Levin
sasha.levin at oracle.com
Wed Mar 6 19:23:54 PST 2013
Synopsis: RHSA-2013:0594 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2012-3400
Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2013:0594.
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-2012-3400: Buffer overflow in UDF parsing.
A bug in the kernel's UDF file system driver could be exploited by an
unprivileged local user to crash the system.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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