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Red Hat update for kernel
Secunia Advisory: SA27824
Release Date: 2007-11-30
Popularity: 5,629 views

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

OS:Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

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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 cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and disclose potentially sensitive information and by malicious people to cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA26918
SA27555

This update also fixes a vulnerability caused due to a memory leak within the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch. This can be exploited to cause a DoS by exhausting all available memory.

Change Page:
[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]



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