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Mandriva update for kernel Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA22762  
Release Date: 2006-11-07

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Security Bypass
DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Mandriva Linux 2007.0


CVE reference:CVE-2006-4572 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-4997 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA22279
SA22731

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Mandriva Linux 2007

fdcd9cdcd13729d19e87ea6e045c40a9 2007.0/i586/kernel-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
c5b92253d8359f40a1d58ce3fd2afa6d 2007.0/i586/kernel-enterprise-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
40aa09f4acfb3f55264a4077b6129ad2 2007.0/i586/kernel-legacy-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
ca4a8a25517d32f24bcf6540f8d4ac43 2007.0/i586/kernel-source-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
614b49725c3b0a23ef3520e1ce54e8ae 2007.0/i586/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
35d251fc2496a2fc6fa6d42bd7df0057 2007.0/i586/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
eb6e0f7788acc76c67843c839459d836 2007.0/i586/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
29e240e832e84eefd95a47a5dbec1df9 2007.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007/X86_64

4a134d3c6a5bb96b3191e750fe230cb6 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
14f2e578d613e3ae3f691980248df648 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
c60f34dfd4f0ed8a96902ce89e46178a 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
868743bd6503be82bb00a720404582df 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
47b108c6acae00650e9d8d0b64af1e3f 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
29e240e832e84eefd95a47a5dbec1df9 2007.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.6mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:197

Other References:
SA22279:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22279/

SA22731:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22731/



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