Debian 2.4.18 DSA 479-2 Critical: Kernel Access and DoS Fixes
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April 15, 2004
Here is a patch release specifically for kernel 2.4.18 on the i386 architecture, fixing multiple kernel security issues, and fixing a build error from a previous patch to same.
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Summary
Several serious problems have been discovered in the Linux kernel.
This update takes care of Linux 2.4.18 for the i386 architecture.
This advisory replaces the i386 part of DSA 479-1 (except for the
i386bf part). An unfortunate build error caused some of the kernel
packages in DSA 479-1 to be broken. They are updated with this
advisory. For completeness below is the original advisory text:
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the
following problems that will be fixed with this update:
CAN-2004-0003
A vulnerability has been discovered in the R128 drive in the Linux
kernel which could potentially lead an attacker to gain
unauthorised privileges. Alan Cox and Thomas Biege developed a
correction for this
CAN-2004-0010
Arjan van de Ven discovered a stack-based buffer overflow in the
ncp_lookup function for ncpfs in the Linux kernel, which could
lead an attacker to gain unauthorised privileges. Petr Vandrovec
developed a correction for this.
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Package: kernel-image-2.4.18-1-i386
CVE ID: CAN-2004-0003 CAN-2004-0010 CAN-2004-0109 CAN-2004-0177 CAN-2004-0178
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