[Ksplice][Ubuntu-18.10-Updates] New Ksplice updates for Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic (USN-4017-1)
Oracle Ksplice
ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com
Wed Jun 19 14:07:13 PDT 2019
Synopsis: USN-4017-1 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2019-11477 CVE-2019-11478
Systems running Ubuntu 18.10 Cosmic can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Ubuntu Security Notice, USN-4017-1.
INSTALLING THE UPDATES
We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running Ubuntu 18.10
Cosmic 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-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478: Remote Denial-of-service in TCP stack.
A number of errors in the TCP stack could result in a remotely
triggerable denial of service on links with a small Maximum Segment Size
(MSS). A remote user could use a maliciously crafted TCP stream to
either panic the system or exhaust resources.
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww at oracle.com.
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