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Red Hat update for kernel
Secunia Advisory: SA15512
Release Date: 2005-05-26
Popularity: 6,800 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
Security Bypass
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information and gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA14295
SA15341

This also fixes a vulnerability in the locking of SysV IPC shared memory regions, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain resource limitations.

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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