Synopsis: ELSA-2020-0790 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2019-17055 CVE-2019-17133

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch
against the latest Oracle Linux Security Advisory, ELSA-2020-0790.
More information about this errata can be found at
  https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-0790.html

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running RHCK 6 install
these updates.

On systems that have "autoinstall = yes" in /etc/uptrack/uptrack.conf,
these updates will be installed automatically and you do not need to
take any action.

Alternatively, you can install these updates by running:

# /usr/sbin/uptrack-upgrade -y

DESCRIPTION

* CVE-2019-17055: Permission bypass when creating a Modular ISDN socket.

A missing check on user capabilities when creating a Modular ISDN socket
could lead to a permission bypass.

* CVE-2019-17133: Denial-of-service in WiFI SIOCGIWESSID ioctl().

Missing bounds checks when copying an SSID in the SIOCGIWESSID ioctl()
for an 802.11 WiFi device could result in a buffer overflow and kernel
crash.

SUPPORT

Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww@oracle.com.