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SUSE 11 SP2: 2016:2596-1 Important: Local Privilege Escalation Threat

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Calendar Grey October 22, 2016
Dist Suse Esm H88
A recent SUSE security bulletin highlights a severe kernel vulnerability and outlines essential update guidelines for Linux administrators.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP2 LTSS kernel was updated to fix one security issue. This security bug was fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: Local privilege escalation using MAP_PRIVATE. It is reportedly exploited in the wild (bsc#1004418). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp2-kernel-source-12807=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2: zypper in -t patch dbgsp2-kernel-source-12807=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64): kernel-default-3.0.101-0.7.44.1 kernel-default-base-3.0.101-0.7.44.1 kernel-default-devel-3.0.101-0.7.44.1

References

#1004418

Cross- CVE-2016-5195

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP2-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5195.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1004418

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2596-1
Rating: important

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