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Fedora 7.2-8 FLSA:1284 Critical: Kernel Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2004
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Ubuntu's system update addresses critical vulnerability related to unauthorized access; users are urged to apply these updates for enhanced security protocols.
Rollup rpms fix recently reported kernel vulnerabilities in Red Hat 7.2-8.

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security advisory Red Hat critical Fedora privilege escalation exploit kernel

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CVE -CVE-2004-0003 CVE -CVE-2004-0010 CVE -CVE-2004-0075 CVE -CVE-2004-0077







9. Contact:

The Fedora Legacy security contact is <secnotice@fedoralegacy.org>. More project details at http://www.fedoralegacy.org

10. Special Notes:

If you use lilo, you will have to edit your lilo.conf file and shorten the label of this kernel. The label is too long for lilo, but not for grub.



-- Jesse Keating RHCE ( ) Fedora Legacy Team (http://www.fedoralegacy.org)



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security advisory Red Hat critical Fedora privilege escalation exploit kernel

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