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Red Hat update for kernel
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30849
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Release Date:
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2008-06-26
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Popularity:
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1,957 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0598
CVE-2008-2358
CVE-2008-2729
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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 disclose potentially sensitive information or gain escalated privileges.
1) An integer overflow error within the "dccp_feat_change()" function in net/dccp/feat.c can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
2) An unspecified error in the 32-bit and 64-bit emulation can be exploited to disclose potentially sensitive data via a specially crafted binary.
3) An error while copying memory from userspace can be exploited to disclose potentially sensitive information.
For more information see vulnerability #2 in:
SA23073
Solution:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/
Original Advisory:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html
Other References:
SA23073:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23073/
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