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TITLE:
Debian update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26994

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26994/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
http://secunia.com/product/13844/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian 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 gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA23361
SA26934

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 5672 37f70bdc04b866a5dbcaa8f849be618a
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum:5321790 7bc41f428b95ef6fe99361ca8854e6da
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.18.dfsg.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 52225460 6a1ab0948d6b5b453ea0fce0fcc29060

Architecture independent components:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-doc-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:3586640 3bd5240a2610896cc497c62eb88b155c
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-manual-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:1083674 f8c4bf0032e87733d2ee3f2f1f739f9d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-patch-debian-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:1499612 10c0c285c4183493633f2b29f6036d14
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-source-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 41419632 8ced68949f94c78c5fc992deebdf1c85
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-support-2.6.18-5_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:3739000 f73b86b37f56ab817c341c43bd4cf8fe
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-tree-2.6.18_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:51982 4593b4bbf1f423b1d6e426602243defd

AMD64 architecture:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-5_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:3165218 4f4764c3aef1f9e11201852b94467850
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-5-all_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:51516 a90387023090038a122da75482b981fd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-5-all-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:51542 cb132c34f0684e6a7b1facc9432ecca2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-5-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 269088 d3d721166785a2acfc475b8a87eb7de0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-5-vserver_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:3188578 58346ab81a8dae1bbff87412b9d071a8
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-5-vserver-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 269454 ef04a599ceb19d37a544cd6f95000138
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-5-xen_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:3331732 8b0e214847656f1fb6b2d35396db36a7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-5-xen-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 269772 1d3f9740c35d4510c6612bb645b1ef79
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:3354462 30fce94ecaa6650c7eb3307e76ad47d9
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-headers-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 270790 4cd241518cb91e87bbcc62c09117accc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.18-5-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16800532 5cd7846a71c94945df71cf67b3d9f254
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.18-5-vserver-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 16840344 d264466281d7596876f18427dc7dad37
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:1648548 ff22e2a8c3f269295231b2b24289a892
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:1679922 f7061df614029b187d6883902b2053b7
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-modules-2.6.18-5-xen-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 15239984 c8de0964da37ad0d13a7c0b1a8dbe927
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-modules-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 15257046 7fbf51b2580cdf39314d5cae996f8059
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/xen-linux-system-2.6.18-5-xen-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:51500 d813a622add08eb6ca03f118af21e6c0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6/xen-linux-system-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver-amd64_2.6.18.dfsg.1-13etch4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum:51514 9f3b1193357e2b448f653e3dd8cac1ac

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23361:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23361/

SA26934:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26934/

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