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TITLE:
SUSE update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25226

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25226/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS, Unknown

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
SUSE Linux 9.3
http://secunia.com/product/4933/

DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, where one has an unknown impact and others can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to
cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA20703
SA23427
SA23529
SA23955
SA24793
SA24618

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

x86 Platform:

SUSE LINUX 9.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/Intel-536ep-4.69-10.10.i586.rpm
fdef0ae9ea3862c4e00f6994360872b8
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
05597adee5633418de222195a7c40d44
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-nongpl-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
b636aa46448deece58538f8c1d3c5c4f
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
3014be6caa536a7016ecff4ae44eeda7
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-default-nongpl-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
860d232b71d75a7007f61fc77b032e66
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-smp-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
54b07696cf8cb4f1d7d1b151739ee8b2
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
fa0e06f232d995a545be05118fc39609
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
af55f08914f29161bf614ca697dd5ff2
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-syms-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
fe767d1307cafe1c2baf2f03eefb05f2
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-um-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
675dd328bd37afc957b2d73472b92087
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-um-nongpl-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
8764dc69a3822dce8dd20f01a8c3e580
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
edb465f61c4ddf94b57877e6b9cfa798
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-nongpl-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
7c719e3764ec9e958a99843ff93b750a
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/ltmodem-8.31a10-7.10.i586.rpm
eade8681bd82bc76fbfa7a12bf5ee266
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/um-host-install-initrd-1.0-50.11.i586.rpm
851e597bcb8a238a26c1b27d76683132
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/i586/um-host-kernel-2.6.11.4-21.17.i586.rpm
a4b8d7eb58d5441ebfca5a8d483dc4e6

Platform Independent:

SUSE LINUX 9.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/noarch/kernel-docs-2.6.11.4-21.17.noarch.rpm
8b3a50ba429e5a51ce78134fef94abf6

x86-64 Platform:

SUSE LINUX 9.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.11.4-21.17.x86_64.rpm
bf3d35dc8e67699723cb745f4e68007b
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-nongpl-2.6.11.4-21.17.x86_64.rpm
fb2467dfb4090fb75d17b41007a39f02
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.11.4-21.17.x86_64.rpm
2ecc43230b3a8c7f73a884d3a6262b23
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-smp-nongpl-2.6.11.4-21.17.x86_64.rpm
d494ce918294e9b24bdbcd1975931cd8
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.11.4-21.17.x86_64.rpm
bb7f69f9b81c5875fbebfccdb57c62af
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/x86_64/kernel-syms-2.6.11.4-21.17.x86_64.rpm
3430571de7938b942cd3d2ea9bc01482

Sources:

SUSE LINUX 9.3:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/Intel-536ep-4.69-10.10.src.rpm
e99717e4aee96f92ce0091c5757b96e7
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.11.4-21.17.nosrc.rpm
5c69f6f12b62308a60ed8d9e176f89b5
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.11.4-21.17.nosrc.rpm
15b26cd8982d957b97fa4a42dbea6bb7
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/kernel-docs-2.6.11.4-21.17.src.rpm
118a3feff96d107ad250d038cbfb757f
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/kernel-smp-2.6.11.4-21.17.nosrc.rpm
ddd99e90d4941ffeb9e58f47399111f4
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.11.4-21.17.src.rpm
a036fc6a08f2e05ef8a74731d56b59dd
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/kernel-syms-2.6.11.4-21.17.src.rpm
e2478089fd67694eedae37de1d65e673
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/kernel-um-2.6.11.4-21.17.nosrc.rpm
94e5039b8458613c0a6129ea9e2cf747
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/kernel-xen-2.6.11.4-21.17.nosrc.rpm
80b94b463592a6e2d6bbd87dd0a22548
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/ltmodem-8.31a10-7.10.src.rpm
cddb366a8ae7195309671d545ca1c644
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/9.3/rpm/src/um-host-install-initrd-1.0-50.11.src.rpm
7a5d67be8e978660bb79f2b5eb61de33

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0003.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA20703:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20703/

SA23427:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23427/

SA23529:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23529/

SA23955:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23955/

SA24793:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24793/

SA24618:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24618/

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