[Ksplice][Ubuntu-14.04-Updates] New Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty (USN-3741-3)

[Oracle Ksplice]

Synopsis: USN-3741-3 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2018-3620 CVE-2018-3646

Systems running Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-3741-3.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running 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

* Improved fix to CVE-2018-3620, CVE-2018-3646: Information leak in Intel CPUs under terminal fault.

The original Ubuntu 14.04 vendor fix for CVE-2018-3620 and CVE-2018-3646
caused problems for some applications including Java which could result
in hitting a kernel assertion and crashing the system.

SUPPORT

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