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SUSE 12 SP1: 2016:2629-1 Important: Kernel Patch Escalation and DoS Fixes

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Calendar Grey October 25, 2016
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SUSE has released an urgent security patch that addresses severe kernel vulnerabilities for SLE 12 SP1, improving overall system reliability and defense.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.51-60_25 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-5195: A local privilege escalation using MAP_PRIVATE was fixed, which is reportedly exploited in the wild (bsc#1004419). - CVE-2016-8666: The IP stack in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for packets with tunnel stacking, as demonstrated by interleaved IPv4 headers and GRE headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-7039 (bsc#1001487). 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 Live Patching 12:

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Topics Covered

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References

#1001487 #1004419

Cross- CVE-2016-5195 CVE-2016-8666

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12

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

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8666.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1001487

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1004419

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2629-1
Rating: important

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