===================================================================== CERT-Renater Note d'Information No. 2008/VULN043 _____________________________________________________________________ DATE : 14/02/2008 HARDWARE PLATFORM(S) : / OPERATING SYSTEM(S) : Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. ====================================================================== ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kernel security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0129-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html Issue date: 2008-02-12 CVE Names: CVE-2008-0600 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: Updated kernel packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. 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 Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, noarch, ppc, s390x, x86_64 3. Description: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. A flaw was found in vmsplice. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to gain root privileges. (CVE-2008-0600) Red Hat is aware that a public exploit for this issue is available. This issue did not affect the Linux kernels distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. 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/FAQ_58_10188 5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 432251 - CVE-2008-0600 kernel vmsplice_to_pipe flaw 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Client/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i386.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm noarch: kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server): Source: ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.src.rpm i386: kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i386.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm ia64: kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm noarch: kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm ppc: kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-kdump-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm s390x: kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm x86_64: kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.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-2008-0600 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2008 Red Hat, Inc. ====================================================================== ========================================================= Les serveurs de référence du CERT-Renater http://www.urec.fr/securite http://www.cru.fr/securite http://www.renater.fr ========================================================= + CERT-RENATER | tel : 01-53-94-20-44 + + 151 bd de l'Hopital | fax : 01-53-94-20-41 + + 75013 Paris | email: certsvp@renater.fr + =========================================================