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TITLE:
Fedora update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42745

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-12-25

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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
weaknesses and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious,
local users to disclose system information, cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), and gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to
cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA41650
SA41693
SA42035
SA42172
SA42176
SA42187
SA42354

1) An error within the SCTP implementation when handling HMAC
calculations can be exploited to cause a crash by sending specially
crafted network traffic.
mod, dos, rem

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-18983:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html

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