[RHSA-2009:1055-02] Important: kernel security and bug fix update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1055-02

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1055.html

Issue date: 2009-05-04

Updated on: 2009-05-19

CVE Names: CVE-2009-0065

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1. Summary:

 

Updated kernel packages that fix one security issue and a bug are now

available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Extended Update Support.

 

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red

Hat Security Response Team.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.2.z server) - i386, ia64, noarch, ppc, s390x, x86_64

 

3. Description:

 

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux

operating system.

 

This update fixes the following security issue:

 

* a buffer overflow was found in the Linux kernel Partial Reliable Stream

Control Transmission Protocol (PR-SCTP) implementation. This could,

potentially, lead to a remote denial of service or arbitrary code execution

if a Forward-TSN chunk is received with a large stream ID. Note: An

established connection between SCTP endpoints is necessary to exploit this

vulnerability. Refer to the Knowledgebase article in the References section

for further information. (CVE-2009-0065, Important)

 

This update also fixes the following bug:

 

* a problem in the way the i5000_edac module reported errors may have

caused the console on some systems to be flooded with errors, similar to

the following:

 

EDAC i5000 MC0: NON-FATAL ERROR Found!!! 1st NON-FATAL Err Reg= [hex value]

EDAC i5000: NON-Retry Errors, bits= [hex value]

 

After installing this update, the console will not be flooded with these

errors. (BZ#494734)

 

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported

patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this

update to take effect.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released

errata relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use

the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

 

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

478800 - CVE-2009-0065 kernel: sctp: memory overflow when FWD-TSN chunk is received with bad stream ID

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5.2.z server):

 

Source:

ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.src.rpm

 

i386:

kernel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-PAE-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i386.rpm

kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.i686.rpm

 

ia64:

kernel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ia64.rpm

 

noarch:

kernel-doc-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.noarch.rpm

 

ppc:

kernel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-kdump-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.ppc64.rpm

 

s390x:

kernel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-kdump-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.s390x.rpm

 

x86_64:

kernel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-headers-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-xen-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.x86_64.rpm

kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-92.1.26.el5.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://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0065

http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-16788

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2009 Red Hat, Inc.

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