[Ksplice][Ubuntu-14.04-Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-2274-1)
Oracle Ksplice
ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com
Mon Jul 7 04:03:50 PDT 2014
Synopsis: USN-2274-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-4699
Systems running Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-2274-1.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty
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-2014-4699: Privilege escalation in ptrace() RIP modification.
Missing validation of the RIP value could allow an unprivileged user to
cause the CPU to fetch instructions from a non-canonical address. On
some CPUs this could result in a denial-of-service or potentially allow
escalation of privileges.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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