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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33586

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

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

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
Red Hat Enterprise MRG v1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 5)
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/19542/

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

For more information:
SA32320
SA32510

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2009:0009-20:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32320:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32320/

SA32510:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32510/

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