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SUSE update for kernel
Secunia Advisory: SA20398
Release Date: 2006-06-01
Popularity: 7,153 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:SUSE Linux 10
SuSE Linux 9.1
SUSE Linux 9.2
SUSE Linux 9.3
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.x
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
UnitedLinux 1.0

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Description:
SUSE has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities and weaknesses, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions, gain knowledge of potentially sensitive information and to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and by malicious people to disclose certain system information, potentially to bypass certain security restrictions and to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA18487
SA19083
SA19078
SA19639
SA19495
SA19724
SA19402
SA19357
SA19664
SA19709
SA19926
SA19868
SA19869
SA19990

Note: An error in which NFS clients can be crashed by long symlinks from a NFS server has also been fixed.

Change Page:
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