[Ksplice][Ubuntu-11.10-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-1739-1)

[Jamie Iles]

Synopsis: USN-1739-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-0871

Systems running Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-1739-1.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric
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-2013-0871: Privilege escalation in PTRACE_SETREGS.

A race condition in ptrace can lead to kernel stack corruption allowing
an attacker to control execution and possible escalate privileges.

SUPPORT

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