[linux-sparc-announce] LFSSA-2015-0006 Linux for SPARC 1.0 nspr security update

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Fri Nov 6 18:46:55 PST 2015


Linux for SPARC Security Advisory LFSSA-2015-0006

The following updated rpms for Linux for SPARC 1.0 have been uploaded to 
the yum.oracle.com:

sparc64:
nspr-4.10.8-2.0.1.el6_7.sparc64.rpm
nspr-devel-4.10.8-2.0.1.el6_7.sparc64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://yum.oracle.com/repo/linux_sparc64/latest/nspr-4.10.8-2.0.1.el6_7.src.rpm



Description of changes:

[4.10.8-2.0.1]
- sparc hosts support GCC sync intrinsics in both 64 and 32 bit 
modes.(jose.marchesi at oracle.com)

[4.10.8-2]
- Resolves: Bug 1269360 - CVE-2015-7183
- nspr: heap-buffer overflow in PL_ARENA_ALLOCATE can lead to crash 
(under ASAN), potential memory corruption




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