Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some weaknesses, a security issue, and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, and gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and cause a DoS.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26760
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/26760/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege
escalation, DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
https://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
https://secunia.com/product/13653/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
weaknesses, a security issue, and some vulnerabilities, which can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), disclose potentially sensitive information, and gain
escalated privileges, and by malicious people to bypass certain
security restrictions and cause a DoS.
For more information:
SA23955
SA25505
SA25594
SA26366
SA26389
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
https://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23955:
https://secunia.com/advisories/23955/
SA25505:
https://secunia.com/advisories/25505/
SA25594:
https://secunia.com/advisories/25594/
SA26366:
https://secunia.com/advisories/26366/
SA26389:
https://secunia.com/advisories/26389/
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