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UBUNTU: 2021:4500-1 Critical: Security Update for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2016
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical notice regarding SUSE Linux Kernel Live Patch 1 enhancing security protocols. Safeguard your systems immediately!
An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.51-60_20 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the af_packet packet_set_ring function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain privileges (bsc#1012759). - CVE-2016-9555: The sctp_sf_ootb function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in the Linux kernel lacks chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds slab access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP data (bsc#1012183). - CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that

References

#1003253 #1012183 #1012759

Cross- CVE-2016-7117 CVE-2016-8655 CVE-2016-9555

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7117.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8655.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9555.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1003253

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012183

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012759

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:3100-1
Rating: important

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