[Ksplice][RHEL6-Updates] New Ksplice updates for RHEL 6 (RHSA-2017:1372-1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: RHSA-2017:1372-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2017-6214 CVE-2017-7895

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2017:1372-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running 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-2017-7895: Remote information leak in kernel NFS server.

Missing bounds checks could result in an out-of-bounds memory access,
allowing a remote attacker to leak the contents of kernel memory.


* CVE-2017-6214: Denial-of-service when splicing from TCP socket.

A specially crafted packet can be queued to trigger an infinite loop in
IPv4 subsystem. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause
denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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