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Red Hat 6 ELS RHSA-2021-0181-01 Moderate: Kernel Syscall Exploit

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Calendar Grey January 19, 2021
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A substantial security patch for the Red Hat kernel resolves a syscall monitoring vulnerability affecting Enterprise Linux 6.
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Lifecycle Support

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* Kernel: x86_32: BUG in syscall auditing (CVE-2014-4508)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update kernel update security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity kernel syscall bug syscall exploit

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-4508 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS):
Source: kernel-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.src.rpm
i386: kernel-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-i686-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.i686.rpm
noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.noarch.rpm
ppc64: kernel-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-bootwrapper-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm perf-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-754.36.1.el6.ppc64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:0181-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0181
Issue date: 2021-01-19

Topic

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Extended Lifecycle Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update kernel update security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity kernel syscall bug syscall exploit

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6 ELS) - i386, noarch, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6 ELS) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1111590 - CVE-2014-4508 Kernel: x86_32: BUG in syscall auditing

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