[Ksplice][Ubuntu-13.04-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-1847-1)
Samson Yeung
samson.yeung at oracle.com
Fri May 31 00:01:19 PDT 2013
Synopsis: USN-1847-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2013-2850
Systems running Ubuntu 13.04 Raring can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-1847-1.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring
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-2013-2850: Remote heap buffer overflow in iSCSI target subsystem.
If an iSCSI target is configured and listening on the network, a remote
attacker can corrupt heap memory, and gain kernel execution control over
the system and gain kernel code execution.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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