[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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at Sep 15 13:26:38 EDT 2018
base/linux upgraded from 4.9.126 to 4.9.127. This update includes further
	mitigations against the L1TF family of vulnerabilities. This update
	also fixed two other security vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-6554 which
	allowed for a userspace application to exhaust memory resources by
	repeatedly binding a socket and CVE-2018-6555 which caused a use after
	free in the hashbin list. For more information see:
		https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.127
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=557
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6554
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=558
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6555
kernel/linux-source upgraded from 4.9.126 to 4.9.127
* 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-557 [CVE-2018-6554]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=557)
  * CLD-558 [CVE-2018-6555]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=558)

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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