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Red Hat: RHSA-2019-4255-01 Important: Kernel Memory Corruption Fix

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kernel security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:4255-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4255 Issue date: 2019-12-17 CVE Names: CVE-2018-9568 CVE-2019-5489 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64 3. Description: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix(es): * kernel: Memory corruption due to incorrect socket cloning (CVE-2018-9568) * Kernel: page cache side channel attacks (CVE-2019-5489) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect. 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1655904 - CVE-2018-9568kernel: Memory corruption due to incorrect socket cloning 1664110 - CVE-2019-5489 Kernel: page cache side channel attacks 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6): Source: kernel-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.src.rpm noarch: kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-doc-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.noarch.rpm kernel-firmware-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.noarch.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6): x86_64: kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.82.1.el6.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/ 7. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-9568 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5489 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPGv1 iQIVAwUBXfiiO9zjgjWX9erEAQixcA/+LjKUJVBEnfE0PhMW/HOV3jM3YsaaMlUt UbqbRMlTfZ8QAfi53/7/Np7OJu9Bgqe9FJAqW2T+87eg2BuZgWaxh39hDA9HVi2U N5cR5Q6fPdievnqNshYOj1aPiT40uVNAjoEl1PcTuGskbts8yOPKPvJjJE+A0RID qrI9IGGAmaXyljBHuj812XwvRWs1Xoafx/tSYDiBraxm/YxjMG+pUIaO/EK+7klX aI89ZvhYVO6+gRsH4JdiBix0Jgz7aZHIWJhcHs/as1kqDXsAp1wA+377Q9pYhtUj wYiljbh+f3OgbwXEA85xcjue2jcRUdaPMQxVVWqg5na7/bVkDACM7YJik9m4QB4m cLHOouVIu8GgeaIL7pa1TwXuSS/mVIR8y1/ch0RJDtOsjfh7mBztFiPTUkOhBK9n TVRrVWpMVchyj1H/i35CNybuM4Kzn9wPaEnrPvECH26B7E+qGiwRgkzK0pDjYdLO 42xwkEY1Q7AYPmrXy6ic+XSgf8lbLEGZ3LeLtUhY5Je64PUtTEvK6jInjAYbOMm1 z9H6d+YcMO6m7/x8LP9t0XQfwxrnGdVho2VGygAqiJmGfUn+7OqwGHl1IdcwSbXM 9wkFp4ljIYHnEWTfuKaLqtbO80yC6ij0h8UHQ6V+4+BklwnnCwyjZxmeXSoVjJa8 ome9rPDswBw=fc6c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- RHSA-announce mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Debian announces a critical firmware patch for Version 9.0 tackling buffer overflow vulnerabilities and information leakage risks.. kernel Security Update, Red Hat Advisory, memory corruption, advanced update support. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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