[Ksplice][Ubuntu 10.04 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-1683-1)

[Sasha Levin]

Synopsis: USN-1683-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2012-4530

Systems running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-1683-1.

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-2012-4530: Kernel information leak in binfmt execution.

Execution of a carefully crafted sequence of scripts could allow an
unprivileged user to leak kernel stack information to userspace.

SUPPORT

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