[Ksplice][Ubuntu 10.04 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-1725-1)

[Sasha Levin]

Synopsis: USN-1725-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-0190

Systems running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-1725-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid
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-2013-0190: stack corruption with Xen 32-bit paravirtualied guests.

Incorrect manipulation of the stack pointer in the error path for iret
failure with a 32-bit paravirtualized guest could result in stack
corruption.  This could be triggered by an unprivileged user in the
guest to cause a denial-of-service.

SUPPORT

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