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Debian update for kernel-source-2.6.8
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18056
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Release Date:
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2005-12-15
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Popularity:
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8,990 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Unknown
Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Debian GNU/Linux 3.1
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Debian has issued an update for kernel-source-2.6.8. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users with an unknown impact, to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), to gain knowledge of potentially sensitive and to gain escalated privileges, or by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and potentially to cause a DoS.
For more information:
SA13654
SA15630
SA15416
SA15786
SA15812
SA16298
SA16355
SA12525
SA14295
SA14585
SA16494
Note: A resource leak in the handling of POSIX timers in the exec() function has also been fixed.
Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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