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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA39697

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/39697/

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

For more information:
SA38601
SA38718

1) The "ptrace()" implementation on Itanium systems does not
correctly verify the user's permissions. This can be exploited by
malicious, local users to use "ptrace()" on processes they don't own.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2010-0394:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0394.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38601:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38601/

SA38718:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38718/

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