[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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Wed Sep 20 12:41:27 EDT 2017
base/linux upgraded from 4.9.50 to 4.9.51 to fix CVE-2017-14497 and
	CVE-2017-7558. CVE-2017-14497 possible allowed for a local user to cause
	a denial of service via the tpacket_rcv function in
	net/packet/af_packet.c. CVE-2017-7558 was a buffer overflow
	vulnerability in the sockaddr implementation of the kernel that allowed
	for up to 100 uninitialized bytes to leak into userspace. For more
	information see:
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=25
		http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=40
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14497
		https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7558
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-25 [CVE-2017-14497]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=25)
  * CLD-40 [CVE-2017-7558]
    (http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=40)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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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
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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