A firefox security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6.
RHSA-2020:3836-01: Important: kernel security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: kernel security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:3836-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3836
Issue date: 2020-09-24
CVE Names: CVE-2017-2647
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1. Summary:
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6
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. 6.6) - noarch, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6) - x86_64
3. Description:
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* kernel: Null pointer dereference in search_keyring (CVE-2017-2647)
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/):
1428353 - CVE-2017-2647 kernel: Null pointer dereference in search_keyring
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS (v. 6.6):
Source:
kernel-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.src.rpm
noarch:
kernel-abi-whitelists-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.noarch.rpm
kernel-firmware-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.noarch.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional AUS (v. 6.6):
x86_64:
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-2.6.32-504.84.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
python-perf-debuginfo-2.6.32-504.84.1.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-2017-2647
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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