[Ksplice][RHEL 5 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (RHSA-2014:0926)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: RHSA-2014:0926 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-2678 CVE-2014-4699

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2014:0926.

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-2014-4699: Privilege escalation in ptrace() RIP modification.

Missing validation of the RIP value could allow an unprivileged user to
cause the CPU to fetch instructions from a non-canonical address.  On
some CPUs this could result in a denial-of-service or potentially allow
escalation of privileges.


* CVE-2014-2678: NULL pointer dereference in RDS protocol when binding.

A missing check in the wireless RDS protocol leads to a NULL pointer
dereference when there is no device. A local, unprivileged user could use
this flaw to cause a NULL pointer dereference and denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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