SUSE: 2013:0819-1 Critical: Local Attack Kernel Exploit
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May 22, 2013
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update to the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 kernel
fixes the following critical security issue:
* A bounds checking problem in the perf systemcall
could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or
execute code in kernel context. (CVE-2013-2094
References
#819789
Cross- CVE-2013-2094
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
SLE 11 SERVER Unsupported Extras
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2094.html
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0819-1
Rating: critical
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