Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28162
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28162/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service).
For more information:
SA27555
This update also fixes a vulnerability caused due to a memory leak
within the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch. This can be
exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS by exhausting all
available memory.
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1104.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27555:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27555/
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