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Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA8936
Release Date: 2003-06-03
Popularity: 13,987 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Conectiva Linux 7.0
Conectiva Linux 8
Conectiva Linux 9
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
EnGarde Secure Community 1.x
EnGarde Secure Community 2.x
EnGarde Secure Professional 1.x
Gentoo Linux
Linux Kernel 2.4.x
Mandrake Corporate Server 2.x
Mandrake Linux 8.x
Mandrake Linux 9.x
Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 8.x
OpenLinux Server 3.x
OpenLinux Workstation 3.x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Red Hat Linux 7.1
Red Hat Linux 7.2
Red Hat Linux 7.3
Red Hat Linux 8.0
Red Hat Linux 9
Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 for Itanium
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
Slackware Linux 8.x
Slackware Linux 9.0
SuSE eMail Server 3.x
SuSE Linux 7.x
SuSE Linux 8.x
SuSE Linux Connectivity Server
SuSE Linux Database Server
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
SuSE Linux Firewall on CD/Admin host
SuSE Linux Office Server

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Advisory Content (Page 2 of 3)[ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Solution:
We are not aware of any official patches for the Linux Kernel.

Red Hat has issued updated packages:

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/quota-3.06-9.71.src.rpm

athlon:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/athlon/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.athlon.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7.athlon.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/kernel-source-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/quota-3.06-9.71.i386.rpm

i586:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i586/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.i586.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i586/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7.i586.rpm

i686:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i686/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i686/kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-18.7.i686.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/quota-3.06-9.7.src.rpm

athlon:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/athlon/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.athlon.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7.athlon.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/kernel-source-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/quota-3.06-9.7.i386.rpm

i586:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i586/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.i586.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i586/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7.i586.rpm

i686:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i686/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i686/kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-18.7.i686.rpm

Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.src.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/quota-3.06-9.7.src.rpm

athlon:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/athlon/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.athlon.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7.athlon.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/kernel-source-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-18.7.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/quota-3.06-9.7.i386.rpm

i586:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i586/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.i586.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i586/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7.i586.rpm

i686:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.20-18.7.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i686/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.7.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i686/kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-18.7.i686.rpm

Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.20-18.8.src.rpm

athlon:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/athlon/kernel-2.4.20-18.8.athlon.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.8.athlon.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/kernel-2.4.20-18.8.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/kernel-source-2.4.20-18.8.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.20-18.8.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-18.8.i386.rpm

i586:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i586/kernel-2.4.20-18.8.i586.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i586/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.8.i586.rpm

i686:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.20-18.8.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i686/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.8.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i686/kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-18.8.i686.rpm

Red Hat Linux 9:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.20-18.9.src.rpm

athlon:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/athlon/kernel-2.4.20-18.9.athlon.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.9.athlon.rpm

i386:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/kernel-2.4.20-18.9.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/kernel-source-2.4.20-18.9.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.20-18.9.i386.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.20-18.9.i386.rpm

i586:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i586/kernel-2.4.20-18.9.i586.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i586/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.9.i586.rpm

i686:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.20-18.9.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i686/kernel-smp-2.4.20-18.9.i686.rpm
ftp://updates.redhat.com/9/en/os/i686/kernel-bigmem-2.4.20-18.9.i686.rpm

Provided and/or discovered by:
Al Viro
Andrea Arcangeli

Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-187.html

Change Page:
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