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Oracle Linux 6: ELSA-2016-3565 Important Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey May 20, 2016
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Oracle Linux Security Notification ELSA-2017-4563 brings critical kernel fixes. More information available at Oracle Linux website.
The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 6 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

Summary

kernel-uek [3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek] - KEYS: Fix ASN.1 indefinite length object parsing This fixes CVE-2016-0758. (David Howells) [Orabug: 23279020] {CVE-2016-0758} - net: add validation for the socket syscall protocol argument (Hannes Frederic Sowa) [Orabug: 23267997] {CVE-2015-8543} {CVE-2015-8543} - ipv6: addrconf: validate new MTU before applying it (Marcelo Leitner) [Orabug: 23263252] {CVE-2015-8215} - unix: properly account for FDs passed over unix sockets (willy tarreau) [Orabug: 23262276] {CVE-2013-4312} {CVE-2013-4312}

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SRPMs

https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol6/SRPMS-updates/kernel-uek-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek.src.rpm https://oss.oracle.com:443/ol6/SRPMS-updates/dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.src.rpm

x86_64

kernel-uek-firmware-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-doc-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek.noarch.rpm kernel-uek-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-devel-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-devel-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm kernel-uek-debug-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek.x86_64.rpm dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.6.2.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpm

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