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Fedora update for kernel
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30920
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Release Date:
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2008-07-02
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Popularity:
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1,525 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
DoS
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Fedora 9
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2358
CVE-2008-2750
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Description:
Fedora has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA30719
1) A vulnerability is caused due to missing feature length validation within the "dccp_feat_change()" function in net/dccp/feat.c, which can be exploited to cause an overflow and execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update kernel").
Original Advisory:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00082.html
Other References:
SA30719:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30719/
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