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Red Hat update for dump
Secunia Advisory:	SA16328	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-08-04
Popularity:	6,762 views

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium

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CVE reference:	CVE-2002-1914

Description: Red Hat has issued an update for dump. This fixes a weakness, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The weakness is caused due to the use of flock() when locking the "/etc/dumpdates" file and can be exploited to prevent dump from running by obtaining a lock on the file before dump. Successful exploitation requires the user to have read access to the file. Solution: Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network. http://rhn.redhat.com/ Original Advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-583.html

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