[Ksplice][RHEL6-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (RHSA-2015:0087-1)

[Phil Turnbull]

Synopsis: RHSA-2015:0087-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-4656 CVE-2014-7841

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2015:0087-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on RHEL 6 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-2014-7841: NULL pointer dereference with SCTP server during ASCONF.

A problem with how the SCTP verifies input can lead to a NULL pointer
dereference and kernel panic.  A malicious user could exploit this using
a specially crafted packet to cause a denial-of-service.


* CVE-2014-4656: Denial-of-service in ALSA Control IDs.

An integer overflow in Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) could be
exploited by a local, privileged user to crash the system by adding and
removing controls.

SUPPORT

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