SB2015120805 - Red Hat update for kernel
Published: December 8, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015120805
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper check or handling of exceptional conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5307)
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the KVM subsystem due to many #AC (aka Alignment Check) exceptions, related to svm.c and vmx.c. An adjacent attacker can cause the service to crash.
2) Improper check or handling of exceptional conditions (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8104)
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the KVM subsystem due to many #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related to svm.c. An adjacent attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.