Secunia Security Advisory - Red Hat has issued an update for kernel-rt. This fixes some security issues and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially gain escalated privileges.
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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel-rt
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39033
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39033/
DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for kernel-rt. This fixes some security
issues and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious,
local users to disclose potentially sensitive information, bypass
certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially gain escalated privileges.
For more information:
SA38133
SA38199
SA38229
SA38317
SA38502
1) A NULL pointer dereference error within the
"ip6_dst_lookup_tail()" function can be exploited to cause a kernel
crash by sending specially crafted IPv6 traffic to a vulnerable
system.
SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2010-0161:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0161.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38133:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38133/
SA38199:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38199/
SA38229:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38229/
SA38317:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38317/
SA38502:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38502/
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