[Ksplice][RHEL6-Updates] New Ksplice updates for RHEL 6 (RHSA-2020:3548)
Gregory Herrero
gregory.herrero at oracle.com
Thu Aug 27 13:24:10 PDT 2020
Synopsis: RHSA-2020:3548 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2017-2647 CVE-2019-14896 CVE-2019-14897
Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2020:3548.
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-2017-2647: Denial-of-service when invoking request_key() syscall.
A missing check in request_key() syscall could lead to a NULL pointer
dereference. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.
* CVE-2019-14896, CVE-2019-14897: Denial-of-service when parsing BSS in Marvell 8xxx Libertas WLAN driver.
A missing check when parsing BSS in Marvell 8xxx Libertas WLAN driver
could lead to buffer overflows. A local attacker could use this flaw to
cause a denial-of-service.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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