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Cent OS: CVE-2013-6885: CESA-2014:0285 (kernel)

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Cent OS: CVE-2013-6885: CESA-2014:0285 (kernel)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
11/28/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The microcode on AMD 16h 00h through 0Fh processors does not properly handle the interaction between locked instructions and write-combined memory types, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted application, aka the errata 793 issue.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-kernel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-debug-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-doc
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-headers
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-pae-devel
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen
  • centos-upgrade-kernel-xen-devel

References

  • 63983
  • DSA-3128
  • CVE-2013-6885
  • RHSA-2014:0285
  • 1029415
  • SUSE-SU-2014:0372
  • SUSE-SU-2014:0373
  • SUSE-SU-2014:0411
  • SUSE-SU-2014:0446
  • SUSE-SU-2014:0470
  • xen-cve20136885-dos(89335)
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