El-errata: New Ksplice updates for UEKR6 5.4.17 on OL7 and OL8 (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 UEKR6 5.4.17 on OL7 and OL8 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.
Orabug: 32248032
SUPPORT
Ksplice support is available at ksplice-support_ww@oracle.com.
El-errata: New Ksplice updates for UEKR6 5.4.17 on Oracle Linux 7 and 8 are available.
