Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20181353
Revision Date:2018-05-08Version:636
Title:RHSA-2018:1353: kernel security update (Moderate)
Description:The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.

Security Fix(es):

  • Kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Red Hat would like to thank Nick Peterson (Everdox Tech LLC) and Andy Lutomirski for reporting this issue.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-8897
    RHSA-2018:1353
    RHSA-2018:1353-01
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Extended Lifecycle Support
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND
  • kernel earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5 is currently running
  • OR kernel earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5 is set to boot up on next boot
  • AND
  • kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-PAE is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-PAE is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-PAE-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-PAE-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-debug is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-debug is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-debug-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-debug-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-doc is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-headers is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-headers is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-kdump is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-kdump is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-kdump-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-kdump-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-xen is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-xen is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • kernel-xen-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-431.el5
  • AND kernel-xen-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • BACK