Security Advisory SA41512 - SUSE update for kernel

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Secunia Advisory SA41512

SUSE update for kernel

Secunia Advisory

SA41512

Release Date

2010-09-20

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Criticality level

Less critical

Impact

Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
DoS

Where

Local system

Authentication level

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Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Systems affected

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Operating System

openSUSE 11.3

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CVE Reference(s)

CVE-2010-2803 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2010-2942 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2010-2954 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2010-2959 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2010-3078 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers

Description

SUSE has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some weaknesses and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose system and potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA40656
SA41055
SA41234
SA41245
SA41284

Solution
Apply updated packages.
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Original Advisory
SUSE-SA:2010:041:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00005.html

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