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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2019.4545
kernel security update for RHEL 6.5 AUS
4 December 2019
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: kernel
Publisher: Red Hat
Operating System: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Existing Account
Access Privileged Data -- Existing Account
Resolution: Mitigation
CVE Names: CVE-2019-5489 CVE-2018-9568
Reference: ESB-2019.3575
ESB-2019.3573
ESB-2018.3910
Original Bulletin:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4056
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2019:4056-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4056
Issue date: 2019-12-03
CVE Names: CVE-2018-9568 CVE-2019-5489
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
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. 6.5) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5) - 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-2018-9568 kernel: 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. 6.5):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.5):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.src.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-431.97.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-431.97.1.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 <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
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