SUSE: 2017:2800-1 Important: Kernel Patch For Remote Code Execution
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October 20, 2017
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.74-92_29 fixes several issues. The following security bugs were fixed: - 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). - CVE-2017-12762: In drivers/isdn/i4l/isdn_net.c a user-controlled buffer was copied into a local buffer of constant size using strcpy without a length check which can cause a buffer overflow (bsc#1053150). 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 Live Patching 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-2017-1746=1
Topics Covered
References
#1053150 #1057950
Cross- CVE-2017-1000251 CVE-2017-12762
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000251.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12762.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1053150
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1057950
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:2800-1
Rating: important
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