New Ksplice updates for UEKR4 4.1.12 on Oracle Linux 6 and 7 are available.

El-errata: New Ksplice updates for UEKR4 4.1.12 on OL6 and OL7 (CVE-2020-28374)

Synopsis: CVE-2020-28374 can now be patched using Ksplice
CVEs: CVE-2020-28374

Users with Oracle Linux Premier Support can now use Ksplice to patch against the latest Oracle kernel update, CVE-2020-28374.

INSTALLING THE UPDATES

We recommend that all users of Ksplice Uptrack running UEKR4 4.1.12 on OL6 and OL7 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-2020-28374: Access control bypass when reading or writing TCM devices.
Lack of validation against the session's list when matching a Target Core Mod (TCM) device during an eXtended COPY (XCOPY) operation leads to access control bypass. Attackers with access to one device could read and write from/to other devices they should not have access to.

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SUPPORT

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