From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Apr 30 2004 - 06:42:41 CDT

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TITLE:
Slackware update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA11501

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11501/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, Exposure of sensitive information, Exposure of
system information

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 9.1

DESCRIPTION:
Slackware has issued updated packages for the kernel. These fix some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain escalated privileges, or gain knowledge of sensitive
information.

For more information:
SA11464
SA11429

SOLUTION:
Updated packages:

Slackware 9.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/alsa-driver-0.9.8-i486-3.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/hotplug-2004_01_05-noarch-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/kernel-ide-2.4.26-i486-2.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/kernel-headers-2.4.26-i386-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/kernel-modules-2.4.26-i486-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/packages/kernel-source-2.4.26-noarch-1.tgz
New precompiled kernels:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patches/kernels/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.659586

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA11464:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11464/

SA11429:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11429/

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