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Red Hat: RHSA-2007:0673-01 Critical: Kernel Denial of Service Fix

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical kernel security patches for Red Hat Enterprise Linux to mitigate significant threats and concerns.
Updated kernel packages that fix a number of security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (64-bit architectures). This security advisory has been rated as h...

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 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

217024 - CVE-2006-6054 ext2_check_page denial of service 231071 - CVE-2007-1217 Overflow in CAPI subsystem 233484 - CVE-2007-1592 IPv6 oops triggerable by any user 234296 - CVE-2007-1353 Bluetooth setsockopt() information leaks

6. RPMs required:

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

SRPMS: 92ccbe1005a2ad74fffc3e944f5d19c2 kernel-2.4.18-e.65.src.rpm

ia64: 8e5d03bf4e79cf7b0cfd6911d3667160 kernel-2.4.18-e.65.ia64.rpm d82cbe75c5f32bff36a65d5a5d52a0ee kernel-doc-2.4.18-e.65.ia64.rpm 6093b3a6bae88873c8f0f13755d5eb47 kernel-smp-2.4.18-e.65.ia64.rpm 72346a0b751537cc181f226caed806bb kernel-source-2.4.18-e.65.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS: 92ccbe1005a2ad74fffc3e944f5d19c2 kernel-2.4.18-e.65.src.rpm

ia64: 8e5d03bf4e79cf7b0cfd6911d3667160 kernel-2.4.18-e.65.ia64.rpm d82cbe75c5f32bff36a65d5a5d52a0ee kernel-doc-2.4.18-e.65.ia64.rpm 6093b3a6bae88873c8f0f13755d5eb47 kernel-smp-2.4.18-e.65.ia64.rpm 72346a0b751537cc181f226caed806bb kernel-source-2.4.18-e.65.ia64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat kernel patch important issue

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6054 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1217 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1592 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1353 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0673-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0673.html
Issue date: 2007-08-08
Updated on: 2007-08-08
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat kernel patch important issue

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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