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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Critical: RHSA-2004:327-01 Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey August 19, 2004
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Patches for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 kernel resolve critical security issues to protect against denial of service.
Updated Itanium kernel packages that fix a number of security issues are now available.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/ for more info):

113603 - CAN-2004-0003 r128 DRI ipf 125171 - CAN-2004-0535 e1000 kernel memory leak (ia64) 126401 - CAN-2004-0587 Bad permissions on qla* drivers (ipf) 126404 - CAN-2004-0427 do_fork DoS (ipf) 126410 - CAN-2004-0495 Sparse security fixes backported for 2.4 kernel (ipf) 126416 - CAN-2004-0415 file offset pointer signedness issues (ipf) 126718 - CAN-2004-0497 inode_change_ok missing checks allows GID changes (ipf)

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1:

SRPMS:

682a3c9374c1cf61576eb4b70317306c kernel-2.4.18-e.47.src.rpm

ia64: 7e17c71d9a048d95f685ba8060cd3aa0 kernel-2.4.18-e.47.ia64.rpm 71642540490c1e1a1804b157b9524e6a kernel-doc-2.4.18-e.47.ia64.rpm 6389fb4721a265849d41719fb4dbe098 kernel-smp-2.4.18-e.47.ia64.rpm b465602af3916a886f55b8b902666553 kernel-source-2.4.18-e.47.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS:

682a3c9374c1cf61576eb4b70317306c kernel-2.4.18-e.47.src.rpm

ia64: 7e17c71d9a048d95f685ba8060cd3aa0 kernel-2.4.18-e.47.ia64.rpm 71642540490c1e1a1804b157b9524e6a kernel-doc-2.4.18-e.47.ia64.rpm 6389fb4721a265849d41719fb4dbe098 kernel-smp-2.4.18-e.47.ia64.rpm b465602af3916a886f55b8b902666553 kernel-source-2.4.18-e.47.ia64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2004:327-01
Issue date: 2004-08-18
Updated on: 2004-08-18
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Updated Itanium kernel packages that fix a number of security issues arenow available.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Bugs Fixed

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