SUSE: 2017:2779-1 Important Kernel Live Patch 10 Denial Of Service
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October 19, 2017
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for the Linux Kernel 3.12.67-60_64_21 fixes one issue. The following security bugs were fixed: - CVE-2017-15274: security/keys/keyctl.c in the Linux kernel did not consider the case of a NULL payload in conjunction with a nonzero length value, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted add_key or keyctl system call (bsc#1045327). - CVE-2017-1000251: The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ) was vulnerable to a stack overflow vulnerability in the processing of L2CAP configuration responses resulting in Remote code execution in kernel space (bsc#1057950). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
Topics Covered
References
#1045327 #1057950
Cross- CVE-2017-1000251 CVE-2017-15274
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000251.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15274.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1045327
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1057950
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2779-1
Rating: important
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