Secunia Security Advisory - SUSE has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some security issues and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), bypass certain security restrictions, and disclose potentially sensitive information, and by malicious people to potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
SUSE update for kernel
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35494
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35494/
DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some security
issues and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious,
local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), bypass certain
security restrictions, and disclose potentially sensitive
information, and by malicious people to potentially compromise a
vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA33938
SA34422
SA34614
SA34644
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
SUSE CORE 9 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=da42ab1c030899314548fc2b5e5fbf9b
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM zSeries 64bit
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=76e5e57de6307272db0ff310ec87c1d7
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM S/390 31bit
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=44f06b667195e8117d6bb191a31de5e8
SUSE CORE 9 for IBM POWER
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=7ba691449b5b522a31220b0c55f5e954
Open Enterprise Server
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=21e76be75d3a330f9158c3dee8f8717e
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=21e76be75d3a330f9158c3dee8f8717e
SUSE CORE 9 for Itanium Processor Family
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=afc0a77961e126742a1b72868508d13e
Novell Linux POS 9
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=8dd483721f3e24368457b8684991c59c
SUSE SLES 9
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=da42ab1c030899314548fc2b5e5fbf9b
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=76e5e57de6307272db0ff310ec87c1d7
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=44f06b667195e8117d6bb191a31de5e8
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=7ba691449b5b522a31220b0c55f5e954
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=afc0a77961e126742a1b72868508d13e
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=8dd483721f3e24368457b8684991c59c
SUSE CORE 9 for x86
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=8dd483721f3e24368457b8684991c59c
Novell Linux Desktop 9
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=21e76be75d3a330f9158c3dee8f8717e
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=0709473b0d187d0b5e8b2119619bb4ec
Novell Linux Desktop 9 for x86_64
http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&set_restricted=true&keywords=0709473b0d187d0b5e8b2119619bb4ec
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SA:2009:033:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00004.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA33938:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33938/
SA34422:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34422/
SA34614:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34614/
SA34644:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34644/
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