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Red Hat update for kernel
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22497
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Release Date:
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2006-10-23
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Last Update:
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2006-11-07
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Popularity:
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6,118 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
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: | RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-1864
CVE-2006-2071
CVE-2006-2935
CVE-2006-4342
CVE-2006-4997
CVE-2006-5174
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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.
Solution:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
Changelog:
2006-11-06: Added link to US-CERT.
Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html
Other References:
SA19664:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19664/
SA19869:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19869/
SA22253:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22253/
SA22289:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22289/
US-CERT VU#245984:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/245984
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