[Ksplice][Virtuozzo 4 Updates] New updates available via Ksplice (CU-2.6.18-028stab064.8)

Nelson Elhage nelhage at ksplice.com
Sat Nov 7 17:56:50 PST 2009


Synopsis: CU-2.6.18-028stab064.8 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2009-3547
Red Hat Security Advisory Severity: Important

Systems running Virtuozzo 4 can now use Ksplice to patch against the
latest Parallels Virtuozzo Containers kernel security update,
CU-2.6.18-028stab064.8.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack on Virtuozzo 4 install
these updates.  You can install these updates by running:

# uptrack-upgrade -y

DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2009-3547: NULL pointer dereference opening pipes.

A race condition when opening a pipe could result in a NULL pointer
dereference, potentially resulting in a denial of servce or privilege
escalation attack.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at support at ksplice.com or +1 765-577-5423.



More information about the Ksplice-VZ4-Updates mailing list