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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: RHSA-2007:0169-01 Critical: Kernel DDoS Threat

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Calendar Grey April 30, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 receives an update that addresses kernel vulnerabilities and significant bugs to improve overall system integrity.
Updated kernel packages that fix security issues and bugs in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel are now available. Fixes a flaw in the IPv6 socket option handling that allowed...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

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

228816 - CVE-2007-0771 utrace regression / denial of service 232255 - CVE-2007-1388 NULL pointer dereference in do_ipv6_setsockopt 232257 - CVE-2007-1000 NULL pointer hole in ipv6 233157 - Kernel memory leak in audit subsystem

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):

SRPMS: 3c466904fa90211ae8c91ff44e2e3479 kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.src.rpm

i386: 7f4b16f00764c2194825135f8b45d834 kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm 18c491ace9f7d997944c8a027ae5c886 kernel-PAE-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm a8dc403492b46d0caf2a861b481ed75f kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm ac75ece38e5454e6e63cad8b78573898 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm f6ae46ba6c056f19f28c062a7e163932 kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm 6f136ba7ead0bf5d1f489e21e7fb8908 kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i386.rpm 1667b437e4a9e71d7bf464c1b4e09643 kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm b16322b7b73c1760e397343e22ea3030 kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm

noarch: 3a7d3de91629f5a1f9ba478b5b0d954b kernel-doc-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.noarch.rpm

x86_64: 20c52dc29ee42c2fdbf7e5e1ffc656a5 kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm a3517d2020951926db180e94019ee02a kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm a67481bf533c2d506a6c33bf92570cde kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 23016741076b2d003106b9444245b236 kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 3cc1c159de5f22822ee4b711e7637012 kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm f611dd23d4c0311a0e2537c51acea27e kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

SRPMS: 3c466904fa90211ae8c91ff44e2e3479 kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.src.rpm

i386: a8dc403492b46d0caf2a861b481ed75f kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm 5a85b33458c3da9278d6764ec27db662 kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm ac75ece38e5454e6e63cad8b78573898 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm f6ae46ba6c056f19f28c062a7e163932 kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm f3217c3cbd58fe01fbd2ef91861bad1f kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm b16322b7b73c1760e397343e22ea3030 kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm 904609f545a4340bd43c4bdae81bf4c9 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm

x86_64: a3517d2020951926db180e94019ee02a kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm a67481bf533c2d506a6c33bf92570cde kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 151aebb51912d6eff5da61d861e3f13c kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm f611dd23d4c0311a0e2537c51acea27e kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 029c968689872c95b1d23943219987df kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

SRPMS: 3c466904fa90211ae8c91ff44e2e3479 kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.src.rpm

i386: 7f4b16f00764c2194825135f8b45d834 kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm 18c491ace9f7d997944c8a027ae5c886 kernel-PAE-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm a8dc403492b46d0caf2a861b481ed75f kernel-PAE-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm 5a85b33458c3da9278d6764ec27db662 kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm ac75ece38e5454e6e63cad8b78573898 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm f6ae46ba6c056f19f28c062a7e163932 kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm f3217c3cbd58fe01fbd2ef91861bad1f kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm 6f136ba7ead0bf5d1f489e21e7fb8908 kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i386.rpm 1667b437e4a9e71d7bf464c1b4e09643 kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm b16322b7b73c1760e397343e22ea3030 kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm 904609f545a4340bd43c4bdae81bf4c9 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686.rpm

ia64: 15db1e41d717917b4b77be48134f8ba5 kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ia64.rpm 45657980c14fd48c0803bb78de14260f kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ia64.rpm 96292b202d7f789eb814a879b05d1e0b kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ia64.rpm d745ba171295dca480b440ddb2982642 kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ia64.rpm 26bb0bd6ec743dcf551d069348335064 kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ia64.rpm 7d87f21cfccc266f5d6210f72304ffa0 kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ia64.rpm 4876f538f9b75e0b980880080100a2e6 kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ia64.rpm b5c9d813ed78a30d37a1f9b25160f727 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ia64.rpm

noarch: 3a7d3de91629f5a1f9ba478b5b0d954b kernel-doc-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.noarch.rpm

ppc: 1251fd856e805c4e2b7257f153dfc83b kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ppc64.rpm 52b9a4aacf1ba853a937a67d28b502cd kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ppc64.rpm bc2f18102201ec65e0ccf160e2bbf5b2 kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ppc64.rpm 9f25a700177733b5b98a2a82f8069aa7 kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ppc64.rpm 111dd2f2c54487fc31bc0b8996c238c9 kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ppc.rpm 71a843834e5c63149d0c4821492c22c1 kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ppc64.rpm ddc7f5422532ac2d2861a3ee13aa2852 kernel-kdump-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ppc64.rpm a4f633a53462523469a112a89cef7377 kernel-kdump-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ppc64.rpm d81cd3aec1759206e26e22f54614b6e0 kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.ppc64.rpm

s390x: 906237fa0cfdedea4c691483f7e4c499 kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.s390x.rpm b3e28935a6640a396863925cac6e27ec kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.s390x.rpm 398cadf117034831718ee275f4733646 kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.s390x.rpm 6f134d9385e2c3a7b60ea0b373e8d093 kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.s390x.rpm 7895302f72c5563ce6d1531897ad9dd1 kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 20c52dc29ee42c2fdbf7e5e1ffc656a5 kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm a3517d2020951926db180e94019ee02a kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm a67481bf533c2d506a6c33bf92570cde kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 151aebb51912d6eff5da61d861e3f13c kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 23016741076b2d003106b9444245b236 kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 3cc1c159de5f22822ee4b711e7637012 kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm f611dd23d4c0311a0e2537c51acea27e kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm 029c968689872c95b1d23943219987df kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.x86_64.rpm

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Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux local user exploit kernel bug IPv6 denial service kernel memory leak

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-0771 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1000 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1388 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0169-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0169.html
Issue date: 2007-04-30
Updated on: 2007-04-30
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical Red Hat Enterprise Linux local user exploit kernel bug IPv6 denial service kernel memory leak

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, noarch, x86_64

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, noarch, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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