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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RHSA-2006:0689-01 Important Kernel DoS Fixes

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Calendar Grey October 5, 2006
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Vital system security patch for Red Hat Enterprise Linux tackles Service Interruption vulnerabilities and beyond.
Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available

Solution

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

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system.

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

165345 - CVE-2005-4811 Hugepage crash on failing mmap() 190073 - CVE-2006-2071 mprotect gives write permission to a readonly attachment 191698 - CVE-2006-0039 netfilter do_add_counters race 198820 - IPW2200 /proc/net/wireless file fields are empty 201684 - CVE-2006-4093 Local DoS through uncleared HID0[31] 203421 - Grabbing DHCP address via wireless not always successful 204360 - CVE-2006-3741 sys_perfmonctl() file descriptor reference count issue 204460 - CVE-2006-4535 Regression with fix for SCTP abort issue 204912 - CVE-2006-4623 Wrong handling of DVB ULE SNDU with length of 0 206265 - CVE-2006-4997 IP over ATM clip_mkip dereference freed pointer

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: c37a516dd84b1cf30988733b80cdde78 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm

i386: 97c7b0d569b80ea7a86ad7181655b394 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 3ce48424de3cf73b639fa058c7d286bb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm ce6b4e0e36cff5d1d6c2fa354543bb07 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm 6a8b8167ddef9ddfe724401da165c4cf kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 5a6aea58f763dafecec369d68f5b0b80 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm beae36ad8d86d16bed5fda24c1365e51 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 0ac9f3738ac9180a1fa4fcc37c88a1ee kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: f059a2e3b41e897b513913dab047bdfe kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm c10007676513fcfa07cabd4520562cd0 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm c9eb612e4e006ea696d0e49ad6944aac kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm c889418bf058b9f2ce28de616ad80f06 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm fb887a06a9a31a5da5f72df3a1b38ebc kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm

ppc: 6baa19f3ae93e40964d2135d7a80065f kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64.rpm 6037e7111ab58581b876d3b73b5f108d kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm d6dcd6b280380d5c5081dcd049fef1d1 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64.rpm 859239f1d7f0f1dfca757484f9e6862a kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm 2a368faf439a27e41ee5ad12f7dc5379 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64.rpm 92b5cf3acf2659eadb313c73bf0624b1 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm 1407d3d79e6f458de7c472f366d131f5 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64.rpm 86e0a6e1a3ba621a69eacea525c8421d kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64.rpm

s390: 43411689ca8b3299a050eaacb5ccc6c4 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390.rpm 8452548f0b60e38dab481598b2700e93 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390.rpm 587ef66883f9b699dbc774507c605548 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm

s390x: a1b4a15fe3273edc6604e7a5472b96bd kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390x.rpm b048694685cbfa12297f3e02fa2d6fc3 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390x.rpm 72fca784b40da07865a38c474b320a11 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390x.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: a11a4627b70e6d3d29d8ec1b57486ff7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm bbe30bd45965df83b8172d03262dc578 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 3b123b8d1c519099e7253fb0210388ba kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm 2fb84f86fdf056b590575fff23fec180 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 7b3e033a5e89a92a65001485ff80612c kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm c7c7e7656ac857faa3d202343462f6b5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 337fc3145a243e23207c74626b2c9a14 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: c37a516dd84b1cf30988733b80cdde78 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm

i386: 97c7b0d569b80ea7a86ad7181655b394 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 3ce48424de3cf73b639fa058c7d286bb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm ce6b4e0e36cff5d1d6c2fa354543bb07 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm 6a8b8167ddef9ddfe724401da165c4cf kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 5a6aea58f763dafecec369d68f5b0b80 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm beae36ad8d86d16bed5fda24c1365e51 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 0ac9f3738ac9180a1fa4fcc37c88a1ee kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm

x86_64: a11a4627b70e6d3d29d8ec1b57486ff7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm bbe30bd45965df83b8172d03262dc578 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 3b123b8d1c519099e7253fb0210388ba kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm 2fb84f86fdf056b590575fff23fec180 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 7b3e033a5e89a92a65001485ff80612c kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm c7c7e7656ac857faa3d202343462f6b5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 337fc3145a243e23207c74626b2c9a14 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: c37a516dd84b1cf30988733b80cdde78 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm

i386: 97c7b0d569b80ea7a86ad7181655b394 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 3ce48424de3cf73b639fa058c7d286bb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm ce6b4e0e36cff5d1d6c2fa354543bb07 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm 6a8b8167ddef9ddfe724401da165c4cf kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 5a6aea58f763dafecec369d68f5b0b80 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm beae36ad8d86d16bed5fda24c1365e51 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 0ac9f3738ac9180a1fa4fcc37c88a1ee kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: f059a2e3b41e897b513913dab047bdfe kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm c10007676513fcfa07cabd4520562cd0 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm c9eb612e4e006ea696d0e49ad6944aac kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm c889418bf058b9f2ce28de616ad80f06 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm fb887a06a9a31a5da5f72df3a1b38ebc kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm

x86_64: a11a4627b70e6d3d29d8ec1b57486ff7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm bbe30bd45965df83b8172d03262dc578 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 3b123b8d1c519099e7253fb0210388ba kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm 2fb84f86fdf056b590575fff23fec180 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 7b3e033a5e89a92a65001485ff80612c kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm c7c7e7656ac857faa3d202343462f6b5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 337fc3145a243e23207c74626b2c9a14 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: c37a516dd84b1cf30988733b80cdde78 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm

i386: 97c7b0d569b80ea7a86ad7181655b394 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 3ce48424de3cf73b639fa058c7d286bb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm ce6b4e0e36cff5d1d6c2fa354543bb07 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm 6a8b8167ddef9ddfe724401da165c4cf kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 5a6aea58f763dafecec369d68f5b0b80 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm beae36ad8d86d16bed5fda24c1365e51 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm 0ac9f3738ac9180a1fa4fcc37c88a1ee kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: f059a2e3b41e897b513913dab047bdfe kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm c10007676513fcfa07cabd4520562cd0 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm c9eb612e4e006ea696d0e49ad6944aac kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm c889418bf058b9f2ce28de616ad80f06 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm fb887a06a9a31a5da5f72df3a1b38ebc kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm

x86_64: a11a4627b70e6d3d29d8ec1b57486ff7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm bbe30bd45965df83b8172d03262dc578 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 3b123b8d1c519099e7253fb0210388ba kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm 2fb84f86fdf056b590575fff23fec180 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 7b3e033a5e89a92a65001485ff80612c kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm c7c7e7656ac857faa3d202343462f6b5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm 337fc3145a243e23207c74626b2c9a14 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm

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Summary

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4811 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-0039 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2071 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3741 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4093 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4535 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4623 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4997 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2006:0689-01
Issue date: 2006-10-05
Updated on: 2006-10-05
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords: nahant kernel update
Obsoletes: RHSA-2006:0617

Topic

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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