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Mandriva update for kernel
Secunia Advisory: SA23593
Release Date: 2007-01-03
Popularity: 5,492 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Mandriva Linux 2007.0

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-5173
CVE-2006-5619
CVE-2006-5751
CVE-2006-5757
CVE-2006-6106


Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and by malicious people to cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA22665
SA22702
SA23073
SA23361
SA23427

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Mandriva Linux 2007

7eba457234782c9f83c47cd26be3de80 2007.0/i586/kernel-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
80f104e8ff3081e7e868e3482f50fd81 2007.0/i586/kernel-enterprise-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
72964c8645531460b742f9e54d118488 2007.0/i586/kernel-legacy-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
bc52255a4290284600dfc0e97e5797cd 2007.0/i586/kernel-source-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
fbfc24233bf616eab08b247194210fe7 2007.0/i586/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
e30ec4041c80756ab8e004b6335337cd 2007.0/i586/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
4da4e24805a2a2301bf7f97f6e0fb974 2007.0/i586/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
0cb62354da7ae0bd1dd6b851bedd9496 2007.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

c2aca75ee9ca338eb178e51fec0867fc 2007.0/x86_64/evince-0.6.0-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
d4c8250e75b57b227b308e2a975ae13c 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
3cb5a059bc3d352da95fb285f2c31f80 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
9ff265225b8624a083058b5ec16174c2 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
23ba072d883bac51179e42df654aba79 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
268ac512e41476f1e0df9d94299c317b 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
0cb62354da7ae0bd1dd6b851bedd9496 2007.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.8mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:002

Other References:
SA22665:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22665/

SA22702:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22702/

SA23073:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23073/

SA23361:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23361/

SA23427:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23427/


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