[Ksplice-ubuntu-14.04-updates] New updates available via Ksplice (USN-2204-1)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: USN-2204-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2014-0196

Systems running Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-2204-1.

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-2014-0196: Pseudo TTY device write buffer handling race.

A race in how the pseudo ttyp (pty) device handled device writes when
two threads/processes wrote to the same pty, the buffer end could be
overwritten. An attacker could use this to cause a denial-of-service or
gain root privileges.

SUPPORT

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