[Ksplice][Ubuntu 10.04 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-2525-1)
Oracle Ksplice
ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com
Fri Mar 13 16:44:08 PDT 2015
Synopsis: USN-2525-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2015-8159
Systems running Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-2525-1.
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-2015-8159: Privilege escalation in Infiniband userspace access.
Missing sanitization of userspace input to the Infiniband userspace
memory access subsystem could allow a local user with access to the
/dev/infiniband/uverbsX device nodes to crash the system or,
potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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