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UBUNTU: 2014:2281-2 Critical: Linux Kernel Security Flaw Exploit Risk

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2013
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A significant revision for Real Time Linux Core tackles crucial vulnerabilities necessitating a system restart to ensure safety.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has 42 fixes is An update that solves one vulnerability and has 42 fixes is An update that solves one vulnerability and has 42 fixes is ...

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Service Pack 2 kernel for RealTime was updated to version 3.0.101 and also includes various other bug and security fixes. The following features have been added: * Drivers: hv: Support handling multiple VMBUS versions (FATE#314665). * Drivers: hv: Save and export negotiated vmbus version (FATE#314665). * Drivers: hv: Move vmbus version definitions to hyperv.h (FATE#314665). The following security issue has been fixed: * CVE-2013-2206: The sctp_sf_do_5_2_4_dupcook function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the SCTP implementation in the Linux kernel did not properly handle associations during the processing of a duplicate COOKIE ECHO chunk, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service kernel update system patch SUSE Linux real time kernel

References

#763463 #794824 #797526 #804950 #816099 #820848

#821259 #821465 #826102 #827246 #827416 #828714

#828894 #829682 #831029 #831143 #831380 #832292

#833321 #833588 #833635 #833820 #833858 #834204

#834600 #834905 #835094 #835684 #835930 #836218

#836347 #836801 #837372 #837803 #838346 #838448

#840830 #841094 #841402 #841498 #842063 #842604

#844513

Cross- CVE-2013-2206

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 11 SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2206.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1744-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service kernel update system patch SUSE Linux real time kernel

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