Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882810
Category:	CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:	CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2017:3315 centos7
Summary:	Check the version of kernel
Description:	Summary: Check the version of kernel Vulnerability Insight: The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. These updated kernel packages include several security issues and numerous bug fixes, some of which you can see below. Space precludes documenting all of these bug fixes in this advisory. To see the complete list of bug fixes, users are directed to the referenced Knowledge Article. Security Fix(es): * It was found that the timer functionality in the Linux kernel ALSA subsystem is prone to a race condition between read and ioctl system call handlers, resulting in an uninitialized memory disclosure to user space. A local user could use this flaw to read information belonging to other users. (CVE-2017-1000380, Moderate) Red Hat would like to thank Alexander Potapenko (Google) for reporting this issue. Affected Software/OS: kernel on CentOS 7 Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 2.1 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-1000380 BugTraq ID: 99121 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99121 Debian Security Information: DSA-3981 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ba3021b2c79b2fa9114f92790a99deb27a65b728 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d11662f4f798b50d8c8743f433842c3e40fe3378 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/12/2 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ba3021b2c79b2fa9114f92790a99deb27a65b728 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d11662f4f798b50d8c8743f433842c3e40fe3378 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:3295 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3295 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:3315 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3315 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:3322 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3322
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