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Secunia Security Advisory 20338

Secunia Security Advisory 20338
Posted May 31, 2006
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for kernel-source-2.4.17. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to cause a DoS, and disclose potentially sensitive information.

tags | advisory, denial of service, kernel, local, vulnerability
systems | linux, debian
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Secunia Security Advisory 20338

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TITLE:
Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.17

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA20338

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20338/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of system information, Exposure of sensitive information,
Privilege escalation, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0
http://secunia.com/product/143/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for kernel-source-2.4.17. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
gain knowledge of sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to cause
a DoS, and disclose potentially sensitive information.

For more information:
SA10533
SA11464
SA11861
SA11943
SA13232
SA13469
SA13126
SA13308
SA13627
SA13756
SA13493
SA13822
SA14295
SA14570
SA13784

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa_32.5.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 713 6ff55b14d3ae957c55bbed7fabf4c047
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa_32.5.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 30437486 86601103169da686167972e5e560e3d4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64_011226.18.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 736 f97d95c6ecc26401f8f2fc2ead6cf421
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64_011226.18.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 25419305 9bc354f889edd4964840475400b088b7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390_2.4.17-2.woody.5.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 800 d20db4ab99e311150734b70519cc31e9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390_2.4.17-2.woody.5.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 12283 f51a7e01941baca7010fb8c2f0f67fe3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 694 2d48f4cfa4917904b6c1f806ecc1bdb4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 491935 94638c0c03b6b163f46319e777d4aa71
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 805 b48cbc9c2cd59eee3a52f54cfa5356e0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 1150966 6748462e7bce7c917e066e0594d42571
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390_0.0.20020816-0.woody.4.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 664 f49e9cba55a8a4b098e5dc522f2a07fc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390_0.0.20020816-0.woody.4.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 344642 3a488cc38ffc619bfff4bfbb75eff4cd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/kernel-source-2.4.17_2.4.17-1woody4.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 609 4e0f66c1811cfb9e926c21566e55b202
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/kernel-source-2.4.17_2.4.17-1woody4.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 29768549 bc1f8eab880a33bfe2ebeb3ef8b6557a

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-source-2.4.17-hppa_32.5_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 24455128 ed5362b12c6327295cd89027ff8e80ab
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-source-2.4.17-ia64_011226.18_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 24735538 cf9ddb702811464ac2dd2231512053f9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1151866 6f2575f26e7800e1e7a7cafdaf02b3a6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390/kernel-patch-2.4.17-s390_0.0.20020816-0.woody.4_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 300202 0f5db53cdab20024b4a3a75bd0799b1a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/kernel-doc-2.4.17_2.4.17-1woody4_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1708122 7d18878351662289ac0841e0ad8f10f4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/kernel-source-2.4.17_2.4.17-1woody4_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 23972270 a0bf4a2796a9b49c36579166e6a72d62

HP Precision architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-headers-2.4.17-hppa_32.5_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3523044 63c790a70164e579c8bb3b8a08ea69b5
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-32_32.5_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2869994 e9e2be22d5fdf40f2e879570adc1132d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-32-smp_32.5_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3006192 cf53ac718c6ed26a59802e74c5926f00
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-64_32.5_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3029436 d0e0fd747af9ff7a3633ee9cc6b1f1e6
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-hppa/kernel-image-2.4.17-64-smp_32.5_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3170356 ca408698a580463da3a547b2f87006e4
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16886 437018078d9d01e25702cf1a20c23414

Intel IA-64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-headers-2.4.17-ia64_011226.18_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3638280 b6cd4e0d4129b6f4d0734253818cd828
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-itanium_011226.18_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 7026800 55e4cd610c06297c7132ce2aeb88d029
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-itanium-smp_011226.18_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 7172892 a66f94c18d8ee4354e9446655837c72a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-mckinley_011226.18_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 7014470 d99cc0f293c747a295230de934328007
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64/kernel-image-2.4.17-mckinley-smp_011226.18_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 7165570 997a9dbf17821067de6ceb65548e7c2b
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody4_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 21616 1eab80187061fbd304b6328533d7dc33

IBM S/390 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-headers-2.4.17_2.4.17-2.woody.5_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3379418 74817217abf90896eb63d6c6792839fe
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390/kernel-image-2.4.17-s390_2.4.17-2.woody.5_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1346190 39433c757763336b6c14bf0d00652596
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16404 9cfcf10a2a2ef99bbb009a650cddd227

PowerPC architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-headers-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3409712 698750e3998ee3792db43f445a8a8d96
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-image-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2211146 103890e43508a5913a10ff8be80e9cdc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-image-apus_2.4.17-6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 4602 31ef3f45675fc13836337dee97486e20
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus/kernel-patch-2.4.17-apus_2.4.17-6_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 490842 799441a4e49b88f780353d7aff9f29d2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16280 4e54c040bc83523d8122287bab6df7a5

Big endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-headers-2.4.17_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3523520 45f001c255a3a66f22148d84d035abb1
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-image-2.4.17-r4k-ip22_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2045436 c840c6ff8c9e3ab455d38021d09a391d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-image-2.4.17-r5k-ip22_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2045226 709ccbc6754644fa448c93058f0df504
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16556 019623b1dbc75bff84d7f056435dc6db

Little endian MIPS architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-headers-2.4.17_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 3522422 2118440d1658730fd93f47867848573c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-image-2.4.17-r3k-kn02_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2200968 63bc732deee6df19b83f10a50485a476
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/kernel-image-2.4.17-r4k-kn04_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2195278 697eb9b05f765c332eca175284eb24b8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-patch-2.4.17-mips/mips-tools_2.4.17-0.020226.2.woody7_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17836 61df1f292dccb4e64cb956a629f729fc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16558 f8382b01aca2c535988b5ab5709dae90

Alpha architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 17180 7d1cf8fb24431c01f45fadf7becb6d2e

ARM architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 15878 fcf97ed103c205699fb5396c3a49e293

Intel IA-32 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 15518 2e7d50090a469a84ef7f3ae8aa97b85f

Motorola 680x0 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 15368 41a11620bf7ea34b15742ccf59ff6895

Sun Sparc architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/kernel-source-2.4.17/mkcramfs_2.4.17-1woody3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 18356 71b076d3eeff837bfb54a7f538b11b58

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1082

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA10533:
http://secunia.com/advisories/10533/

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

SA11861:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11861/

SA11943:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11943/

SA13232:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13232/

SA13469:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13469/

SA13126:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13126/

SA13308:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13308/

SA13627:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13627/

SA13756:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13756/

SA13493:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13493/

SA13822:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13822/

SA14295:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14295/

SA14570:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14570/

SA13784:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13784/

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