Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: 2021:0452-1 Critical: Security Vulnerability
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March 30, 2017
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.55-52_45 fixes one issue. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-7184: The XFRM processsing in the Linux kernel 16.10 allowed local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) via an integer overflow, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 (bsc#1030575). 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 for SAP 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-510=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-510=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List:
References
#1030575
Cross- CVE-2017-7184
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7184.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1030575
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:0873-1
Rating: important
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