[CentOS-announce] CESA-2013:X007 Moderate Xen4CentOS kernel Security Update

[news 28]

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2013:X007 (Xen4CentOS)

 

The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently

syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename )

 

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X86_64

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88c77ff2be214b47e3cb65b4e10c52e09d0e383c87b18f1f25314432df928e14 e1000e-2.4.14-3.4.59.1.el6.centos.alt.x86_64.rpm

c610f54dbe17dee11552d192c9ad4abcea90f86ad44c3f6a4ba8f8a231fb2fe2 kernel-3.4.59-8.el6.centos.alt.x86_64.rpm

5c0e93700126742dcfba87bf864c3d9788399997b745ea00cc76b3f9d15c66ac kernel-devel-3.4.59-8.el6.centos.alt.x86_64.rpm

9839c70ff43fbeaf5faf899910d9359b22d327245230ecbf8a1e6c45408766b4 kernel-doc-3.4.59-8.el6.centos.alt.noarch.rpm

51c04d1aa18d43bae7c9d6a913b6dde69b2614f568ada764e7d054ec148bb12f kernel-firmware-3.4.59-8.el6.centos.alt.noarch.rpm

90f6e25e43e196ed44c295885555b7de4fe38d7d8b5bf7875cb2f318c8afa9ee kernel-headers-3.4.59-8.el6.centos.alt.x86_64.rpm

47bb11f798ec08082fdf0ad25b211f1d195451204b0e5eddda4a713e73e31a4f perf-3.4.59-8.el6.centos.alt.x86_64.rpm

 

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Source:

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fad9548e81f62b60718d523eb950c90fe80e7f675c4713359313d78eed785f63 e1000e-2.4.14-3.4.59.1.el6.centos.alt.src.rpm

3749922e7c1c0f49b2cfd4f346206786320101bffc96c7e689144c52deec876d kernel-3.4.59-8.el6.centos.alt.src.rpm

 

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Kernel Changelog info from the SPEC file:

 

* Thu Aug 22 2013 Johnny Hughes 3.4.59-8

- upgraded to upstream 3.4.59

- added Source6 to fix a firmware issue (centos bug 6609)

- modified the x86_64 and i386 config files (centos bug 6619)

 

* Tue Aug 13 2013 Johnny Hughes 3.4.57-8

- upgraded to upstream 3.4.57

- removed patch 131 as it was rolled in upstream

 

e1000e Changelog info from the SPEC file:

 

* Thu Aug 22 2013 Johnny Hughes - 2.4.14-3.4.59.1.el6.centos.alt>

- built against new 3.4.59 kernel

 

* Tue Aug 13 2013 Johnny Hughes - 2.4.14-3.4.57.1.el6.centos.alt>

- built against new 3.4.57 kernel

 

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The following Secuirty issues have been addressed in this kernel:

 

CVE-2013-2140 (Moderate):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2140

 

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The following kernel.org changelog entries are applicable since the last

kernel update:

 

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.55

 

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.56

 

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.57

 

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.58

 

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.59

 

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Johnny Hughes

CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ }

irc: hughesjr, #centos at irc.freenode.net

 

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