[Cucumber-linux-security] linux (security update is available)

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  Update Information

A security update is available for linux for the following versions of
Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.0

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.0 changelog:

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Fri Jul 21 15:10:54 EDT 2017
base/linux upgraded from 4.9.35 to 4.9.39 to fix a few security issues: the
	"stack clash" vulnerability (CVE-2017-1000370 and CVE-2017-1000371)
	which required additional patching after the first two attempts to fix
	it and CVE-2016-6213 which allowed an unprivileged local user to perform
	a denial of service via memory consumption from the mount system calls.
	For more information see:
		https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.39
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6213
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000370
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000371
kernel/linux-source upgraded from 4.9.45 to 4.9.49 to reflect the new kernel
	version.
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure linux is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
at the following location:

Cucumber 1.0 i686:
http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/cucumber-i686/base/linux-4.9.39-i686-1.txz

Cucumber 1.0 x86_64:
http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/cucumber-1.0/cucumber-x86_64/base/linux-4.9.39-x86_64-1.txz

To upgrade the package manually, download the new package and run the
following command (as root):

# upgradepkg linux-4.9.39-i686-1.txz


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The Cucumber Linux Security Team
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http://www.cucumberlinux.com/security.php