[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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Thu Aug 16 13:52:49 EDT 2018
base/linux upgraded from 4.9.119 to 4.9.120 to fix CVE-2018-3620, a security
	vulnerability in the Spectre family. This vulnerability allowed for
	information disclosure via a cache side channel attack. This
	vulnerability has been mitigated by conditionally flushing the cache
	during VM context changes. For more information see:
		https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/l1tf.html
		https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.120
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-3620
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=520
kernel/linux-source upgraded from 4.9.119 to 4.9.120
* 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-520 [CVE-2018-3620]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=520)

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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The Cucumber Linux Security Team
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