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Red Hat update for kernel Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA26379  
Release Date: 2007-08-09

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium


CVE reference:CVE-2006-6054 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2006-6058 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-1217 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-1353 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2007-1592 (Secunia mirror)

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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 potentially gain escalated privileges, disclose potential sensitive information, or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA22837
SA23034
SA24618
SA24976

Solution:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0672.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0673.html

Other References:
SA22837:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22837/

SA23034:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23034/

SA24618:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24618/

SA24976:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24976/



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