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Red Hat update for kernel
Secunia Advisory: SA22497
Release Date: 2006-10-23
Last Update: 2006-11-07
Popularity: 7,348 views

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

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

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

For more information:
SA19664
SA19869
SA22253
SA22289

This also fixes a vulnerability in the IPC shared memory implementation, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS.

Change Page:
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