SUSE: 2018:0345-1 Critical: Kernel Escalation and DoS Patches
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February 2, 2018
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.
Summary
This update for the Linux Kernel 4.4.90-6_12 fixes several issues. The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2017-17712: The raw_sendmsg() function had a race condition that lead to uninitialized stack pointer usage. This allowed a local user to execute code and gain privileges (bsc#1073230). - CVE-2017-16939: The XFRM dump policy implementation allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink messages (bsc#1069708). 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-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Live-Patching-12-SP3-2018-242=1
Topics Covered
References
#1069708 #1073230
Cross- CVE-2017-16939 CVE-2017-17712
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 12-SP3
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16939.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17712.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1069708
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1073230
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:0345-1
Rating: important
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