RedHat: RHSA-2018-1353:01 Moderate: kernel security update
Summary
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
Security Fix(es):
* Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Red Hat would like to thank Nick Peterson (Everdox Tech LLC) and Andy
Lutomirski for reporting this issue.
Summary
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.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8897 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/pop_ss
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS):
Source:
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-431.el5.i386.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.i686.rpm
noarch:
kernel-doc-2.6.18-431.el5.noarch.rpm
s390x:
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-431.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-431.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://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Extended Lifecycle Support.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 5 ELS) - i386, noarch, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1567074 - CVE-2018-8897 Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS