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SUSE 12-SP1: Security Update Important: Linux Kernel Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey February 20, 2017
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE releases a new Linux Kernel patch that tackles a significant vulnerability and includes corrections, providing comprehensive guidance for installation procedures.
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Summary

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1 kernel was updated to fix the following two issues: - CVE-2017-5970: Remote attackers could have potentially caused a denial of service by sending bad IP options on a socket (bsc#1024938) - Fix a regression in MD RAID1 which could have caused wrong data to be read (bsc#1020048) 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 Workstation Extension 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP1-2017-267=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2017-267=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-267=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12:

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update DoS important SUSE Linux CVE-2017-5970

References

#1020048 #1024938

Cross- CVE-2017-5970

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5970.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1020048

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1024938

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0517-1
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update DoS important SUSE Linux CVE-2017-5970

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