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[SA32190] Red Hat update for kernel

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Thu Oct 09 2008 - 22:24:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32190

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, DoS

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Red Hat Enterprise MRG v1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 5)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19542/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
disclose potentially sensitive information and cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) and malicious people to cause a DoS..

For more information:
SA31366
SA31509

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2008-0857:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31366:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31366/

SA31509:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31509/

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