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Red Hat 2.1 RHSA-2005:551-01 Important: Kernel DoS Threats

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Calendar Grey August 25, 2005
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical kernel patch for Red Hat addresses various vulnerabilities. Users encouraged to update for improved system protection.
Updated kernel packages are now available to correct security issues and bugs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 2.1 (Itanium)

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/):

139775 - Filesystem quota GFP_KERNEL deadlock kswapd on dqio_sem. 144389 - CAN-2004-1056 insufficient locking checks in DRM code 144533 - random poolsize sysctl handler integer overflow 146104 - CAN-2005-0504 moxa CAP_SYS_RAWIO missing (ipf) 151230 - System hangs with kernel patch e.52 while dce install/run 152413 - CAN-2005-0749 load_elf_library possible DoS (ipf) 157453 - CAN-2005-1263 Linux kernel ELF core dump privilege elevation (ipf) 159824 - CAN-2005-1761 local user can use ptrace to crash system 160200 - CAN-2005-1768 64bit execve() race leads to buffer overflow 160562 - Race condition in __get_lease() 165950 - Unexpected error: VFS: Busy inodes after unmount. Self-destruct in 5 seconds.


6. RPMs required:

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

SRPMS: 405aef6d6b5f0aa4746276382c4a4524 kernel-2.4.18-e.58.src.rpm

ia64: b8667d554215df25d99ac30fb723a265 kernel-2.4.18-e.58.ia64.rpm bc09fcf07e63bb0d12ca88bdb3e077a0 kernel-doc-2.4.18-e.58.ia64.rpm ee7570ac40f9f6d0bcfa0393ba4c0d71 kernel-smp-2.4.18-e.58.ia64.rpm 46666a903e05bf47f6109766c7563003 kernel-source-2.4.18-e.58.ia64.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS: 405aef6d6b5f0aa4746276382c4a4524 kernel-2.4.18-e.58.src.rpm

ia64: b8667d554215df25d99ac30fb723a265 kernel-2.4.18-e.58.ia64.rpm bc09fcf07e63bb0d12ca88bdb3e077a0 kernel-doc-2.4.18-e.58.ia64.rpm ee7570ac40f9f6d0bcfa0393ba4c0d71 kernel-smp-2.4.18-e.58.ia64.rpm 46666a903e05bf47f6109766c7563003 kernel-source-2.4.18-e.58.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

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat privilege escalation DoS kernel system crash Itanium

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-0504 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-0749 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-1263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-1768 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-1761 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2004-1056

Package List


Severity
important
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:551-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:551.html
Issue date: 2005-08-25
Updated on: 2005-08-25
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat privilege escalation DoS kernel system crash Itanium

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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