[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:0395-1: important: kernel: fixed local privilege escalation

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openSUSE Security Update: kernel: fixed local privilege escalation

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:0395-1

Rating: important

References: #797175 #799209 #800280 #801178 #801782 #802153

#804738 #805633

Cross-References: CVE-2012-5374 CVE-2013-0160 CVE-2013-0216

CVE-2013-0231 CVE-2013-1763

Affected Products:

openSUSE 12.2

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An update that solves 5 vulnerabilities and has three fixes

is now available.

 

Description:

 

 

The Linux kernel was updated to 3.4.33 and to fix a local

root privilege escalation and various other security and

non-security bugs.

 

CVE-2013-1763: A out of bounds access in sock_diag could be

used by local attackers to execute code in kernel context

and so become root.

 

CVE-2013-0160: The atime of /dev/ptmx is no longer updated,

avoiding side channel attacks via user typing speed.

 

CVE-2012-5374: Denial of service via btrfs hashes could

have been used by local attackers to cause a compute denial

of service.

 

CVE-2013-0216: Fixed a problem in XEN netback: shutdown the

ring if it contains garbage.

 

CVE-2013-0231: Fixed a problem in XEN pciback: rate limit

error messages from xen_pcibk_enable_msi(x).

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE 12.2:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-175

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64):

 

kernel-default-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-default-base-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-default-base-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-default-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-default-debugsource-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-default-devel-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-default-devel-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-syms-3.4.33-2.24.1

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (i686 x86_64):

 

kernel-debug-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-debug-base-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-debug-base-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-debug-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-debug-debugsource-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-debug-devel-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-desktop-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-desktop-base-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-desktop-base-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-desktop-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-desktop-debugsource-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-desktop-devel-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-desktop-devel-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-ec2-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-ec2-base-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-ec2-base-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-ec2-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-ec2-debugsource-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-ec2-devel-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-ec2-devel-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-ec2-extra-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-ec2-extra-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-trace-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-trace-base-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-trace-base-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-trace-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-trace-debugsource-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-trace-devel-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-trace-devel-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-vanilla-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-vanilla-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-vanilla-debugsource-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-vanilla-devel-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-vanilla-devel-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-xen-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-xen-base-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-xen-base-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-xen-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-xen-debugsource-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-xen-devel-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-xen-devel-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (noarch):

 

kernel-devel-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-docs-3.4.33-2.24.2

kernel-source-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-source-vanilla-3.4.33-2.24.1

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (i686):

 

kernel-pae-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-pae-base-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-pae-base-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-pae-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-pae-debugsource-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-pae-devel-3.4.33-2.24.1

kernel-pae-devel-debuginfo-3.4.33-2.24.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5374.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0160.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0216.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0231.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1763.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/797175

https://bugzilla.novell.com/799209

https://bugzilla.novell.com/800280

https://bugzilla.novell.com/801178

https://bugzilla.novell.com/801782

https://bugzilla.novell.com/802153

https://bugzilla.novell.com/804738

https://bugzilla.novell.com/805633

 

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