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[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:3063-1: important: Security update for the Linux Kernel

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SUSE Security Update: Security update for the Linux Kernel

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:3063-1

Rating: important

References: #1008831 #1011685 #1012754

Cross-References: CVE-2016-8632 CVE-2016-8655 CVE-2016-9555

 

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12

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An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

 

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 kernel was updated to receive critical

security fixes.

 

The following security bugs were fixed:

 

- CVE-2016-8655: A race condition in the af_packet packet_set_ring

function could be used by local attackers to crash the kernel or gain

privileges (bsc#1012754).

- CVE-2016-8632: The tipc_msg_build function in net/tipc/msg.c in the

Linux kernel did not validate the relationship between the minimum

fragment length and the maximum packet size, which allowed local users

to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer

overflow) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability (bnc#1008831).

- CVE-2016-9555: The sctp_sf_ootb function in net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c in

the Linux kernel lacks chunk-length checking for the first chunk, which

allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds

slab access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted SCTP

data (bnc#1011685).

 

 

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-12-2016-1781=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1781=1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12:

 

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2016-1781=1

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (noarch):

 

kernel-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-macros-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-source-3.12.60-52.60.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):

 

kernel-default-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-default-base-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-default-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-syms-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-base-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1

kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-default-1-2.1

kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-xen-1-2.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (ppc64le s390x x86_64):

 

kernel-default-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-default-base-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-default-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-default-debugsource-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-default-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-syms-3.12.60-52.60.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (noarch):

 

kernel-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-macros-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-source-3.12.60-52.60.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (x86_64):

 

kernel-xen-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-base-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-debugsource-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-xen-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1

kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-default-1-2.1

kgraft-patch-3_12_60-52_60-xen-1-2.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS (s390x):

 

kernel-default-man-3.12.60-52.60.1

 

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 (x86_64):

 

kernel-ec2-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-ec2-devel-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-ec2-extra-3.12.60-52.60.1

kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.12.60-52.60.1

 

 

References:

 

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8632.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8655.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9555.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1008831

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1011685

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1012754

 

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