Secunia Security Advisory - SUSE has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes a security issue and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information and potentially gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
SUSE update for kernel
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37371
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37371/
DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes a security issue
and some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to disclose potentially sensitive information and potentially
gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA34644
SA36927
SA37233
NOTE: This update has been issued for SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP3.
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via YaST Online Update or the SUSE FTP server.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SA:2009:055:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00006.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA34644:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34644/
SA36927:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36927/
SA37233:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37233/
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