Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to gain escalated privileges or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15187
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15187/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
DoS, Privilege escalation
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1327/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to gain escalated privileges
or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA14295
SA14570
SA14713
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-284.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA14295:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14295/
SA14570:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14570/
SA14713:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14713/
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