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

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

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

  * 1.0
  * 1.1

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

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Sat Jun 16 10:20:31 EDT 2018
base/linux upgraded from 4.9.108 to 4.9.109 to fix two security vulnerabilities.
	The first (CVE-2018-3665) is an information disclosure that allows a
	process to infer data using the Lazy FP restore feature of Intel
	processors. The second (CVE-2018-10853) was a vulnerability in the KVM
	virtualization mechanism that allowed the guest userspace to write to
	the guest kernel, due to missing privilege level checks. For more
	information see:
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=432
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3665
		https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00145.html
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=433
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10853
kernel/linux-source upgraded from 4.9.108 to 4.9.109
* 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-432 [CVE-2018-3665]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=432)
  * CLD-433 [CVE-2018-10853]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=433)

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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