[Ksplice][Ubuntu-11.04-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (2.6.38-15.66)

Sonja Tideman sonja.tideman at oracle.com
Thu Aug 30 09:34:41 PDT 2012


Synopsis: 2.6.38-15.66 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2012-3400

Systems running Ubuntu 11.04 Natty can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu kernel update, 2.6.38-15.66.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
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-2012-3400: Buffer overflow in UDF parsing.

A bug in the kernel's UDF file system driver could be exploited by an
unprivileged local user to crash the system.

SUPPORT

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

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