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Secunia Security Advisory 38168

Secunia Security Advisory 38168
Posted Jan 21, 2010
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora 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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Secunia Security Advisory 38168

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TITLE:
Fedora update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38168

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38168/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora 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).

The vulnerability is caused due to a NULL pointer dereference when
processing IPv6 "Jumbograms".

Successful exploitation requires that network namespaces are enabled.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update kernel").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-0823:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F12/FEDORA-2010-0823

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

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Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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