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openSUSE 42.2: 2017:1513-1 Important: Linux Kernel Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey June 8, 2017
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The latest security patch for openSUSE's Linux Kernel resolves 8 vulnerabilities alongside numerous enhancements, focusing on urgent concerns.
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Description

The openSUSE Leap 42.2 kernel was updated to 4.4.70 to receive various

security and bugfixes.

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2017-9076: The dccp_v6_request_recv_sock function in net/dccp/ipv6.c

in the Linux kernel mishandled inheritance, which allowed local users to

cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via

crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890 (bnc#1039885).

- CVE-2017-9077: The tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock function in net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c

in the Linux kernel mishandled inheritance, which allowed local users to

cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via

crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890 (bnc#1040069).

- CVE-2017-9075: The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in net/sctp/ipv6.c

in the Linux kernel mishandled inheritance, which allowed local users to

cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via

...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update important kernel bug fixes openSUSE

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 42.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2017-666=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (noarch):

kernel-devel-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-docs-4.4.70-18.9.2

kernel-docs-html-4.4.70-18.9.2

kernel-docs-pdf-4.4.70-18.9.2

kernel-macros-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-source-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-source-vanilla-4.4.70-18.9.1

- openSUSE Leap 42.2 (x86_64):

kernel-debug-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-debug-base-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-debug-base-debuginfo-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-debug-debuginfo-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-debug-debugsource-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-debug-devel-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-default-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-default-base-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-default-base-debuginfo-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-default-debuginfo-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-default-debugsource-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-default-devel-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-obs-build-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-obs-build-debugsource-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-obs-qa-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-syms-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-vanilla-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-vanilla-base-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-vanilla-base-debuginfo-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-4.4.70-18.9.1

kernel-vanill...

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References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7487.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7645.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8890.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9074.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9075.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9076.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9077.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9150.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1003581

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1004003

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1011044

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012422

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012452

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012829

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012910

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012985

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013561

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1018885

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020412

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1022266

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1026570

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1028310

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1028340

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1029607

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030057

https://bugzilla.suse.c...

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2017:1513-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 42.2

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