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SUSE: 2017:0875-1 Important: Kernel Patch Denial of Service Fix

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Calendar Grey March 30, 2017
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SUSE Security Announcement: Linux Kernel Live Patch 20 addresses critical vulnerabilities for SLE 15.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.61-52_66 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-12-2017-494=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-494=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List:

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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-2017:0875-1
Rating: important

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