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[SA30260] Fedora update for kernel

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu May 15 2008 - 18:20:05 CDT

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TITLE:
Fedora update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30260

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30260/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/product/16769/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially gain escalated
privileges.

For more information:
SA30044
SA30101

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update kernel").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA30044:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30044/

SA30101:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30101/

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