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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33280

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33280/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege
escalation, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/48/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1326/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
vulnerabilities and security issues, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), disclose
potentially sensitive information, bypass certain security
restrictions, and gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people
to cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA21999
SA23436
SA25895
SA26244
SA26322
SA27842
SA27908
SA30241
SA31366

SOLUTION:
Updated packages for 64-bit architectures are available via Red Hat
Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA21999:
http://secunia.com/advisories/21999/

SA23436:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23436/

SA25895:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25895/

SA26244:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26244/

SA26322:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26322/

SA27842:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27842/

SA27908:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27908/

SA30241:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30241/

SA31366:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31366/

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