Scientific Linux SL5.x Kernel Important Privilege Issue CVE-2010-3904

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:53:27 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: kernel on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: kernel security update
Issue date:	2010-10-25
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-3904

This update fixes the following security issue:

* The rds_page_copy_user() function in the Linux kernel Reliable
Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation was missing sanity
checks. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their
privileges. (CVE-2010-3904, Important)

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

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.src.rpm
 i386:
kernel-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.i386.rpm
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.i686.rpm
 Dependancies:
kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5PAE-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5PAE-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-1.2.0-2.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5PAE-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5PAE-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5PAE-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-1.55-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5PAE-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-1.4.12-79.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5PAE-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-xfs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-0.4-2.sl5.i686.rpm

 x86_64:
kernel-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
 Dependancies:
kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-aufs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-0.20090202.cvs-6.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-1.2.0-2.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-1.2.0-2.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-0.9.4-15.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-1.55-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-1.55-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-1.4.11-76.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5-1.4.12-79.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-1.4.11-76.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5xen-1.4.12-79.sl5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson