[Ksplice][RHEL6-Updates] New Ksplice updates for RHEL 6 (RHSA-2020:2103)

[Gregory Herrero]

Synopsis: RHSA-2020:2103 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2020-10711

Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 can now use Ksplice to
patch against the latest Red Hat Security Advisory, RHSA-2020:2103.

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-2020-10711: NULL pointer dereference when using CIPSO network packet labeling.

A logic error when receiving CIPSO network packets could lead to a NULL
pointer dereference. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a
denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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