Red Hat: RHSA-2007:0937-01 Critical: Root Privilege Escalation Issue

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

294541 - CVE-2007-4573 x86_64 syscall vulnerability

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: cb859192d2ca30ae6e314a12ec10b2e0 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.src.rpm

i386: 11f4fb3620c9db26a01ee9e201b81b9e kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 13acd543e9b93a4e2e6b0342cdb46317 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm fa5dd3ede554ab6547bc789c489b68a6 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm cedaf493c97ad8186cc5de391121d0a3 kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm a43dd652f3ce0cf44ed2df468555ad1c kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 7eecd01ca22989109a55a2ef85f6c58e kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 2595f2eeb9d64f43c5b2c23e09551792 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 7d14e719350a05bfd66273a58d4acc66 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 244de63bec04fd54afa0b02d4983bf63 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: 6042c74256317f1b5446be4be44269ac kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm d2edfe7cba8f8c54050361251ff4ea5c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm bf466de49258197cfa00074760ea97b2 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm 39b77015d5da3e3dc3964a70dda60958 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm 07134f58da279a104ab31530ca014f0a kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: 66fb704b5409c5d579bc7b89e963d223 kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.noarch.rpm

ppc: 14df044c43d69f7b41004cf0adf880f6 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ppc64.rpm 8db6893f6ea46d5caa3e20fff729132f kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm 365cfb67506441887aea43587a983614 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ppc64.rpm b8e17c64195bf6072385fec0ff961600 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm a495534cdc55e7dc8c88e5bf5f356ce8 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ppc64.rpm f07e9664fabe2c39017af7894a7ec932 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm 61a93d4307acabafc9314bf2d1250155 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ppc64.rpm 361fe4796a02e0349b837400789dd237 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ppc64.rpm

s390: 6bce7ddc2948990a989e71c428862fae kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.s390.rpm f4250b70bab63f4bd9070651273b774c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.s390.rpm b7a694b6d244bafe735ffc24ec530d1b kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.s390.rpm

s390x: 34322f4f6d95d39d85df44b924ceb97a kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.s390x.rpm 14d4fe225223c1edcc4f0dc47417b990 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.s390x.rpm 3c405f3fef4292847a6980ecd19d8046 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 16d74780480b0c66f77d00029010a142 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm a6be7685fdd323fc34b93b2f8ef2bf6c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 895d92d775f74364c0432b1c5be80fd4 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 527cb4fea0ac47ce22f08a54d374fa85 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm e8e39208db26245e3459e5ff981a9946 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm a74166f4c34cf0a04ce8667c901f0b14 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 20f489682aaa1bb614b3e742dad7bf19 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 2d1e8f1983b8f69145be9d79ba54a4c2 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 19ced825c4f52264467083dc2e2a1343 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: cb859192d2ca30ae6e314a12ec10b2e0 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.src.rpm

i386: 11f4fb3620c9db26a01ee9e201b81b9e kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 13acd543e9b93a4e2e6b0342cdb46317 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm fa5dd3ede554ab6547bc789c489b68a6 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm cedaf493c97ad8186cc5de391121d0a3 kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm a43dd652f3ce0cf44ed2df468555ad1c kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 7eecd01ca22989109a55a2ef85f6c58e kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 2595f2eeb9d64f43c5b2c23e09551792 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 7d14e719350a05bfd66273a58d4acc66 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 244de63bec04fd54afa0b02d4983bf63 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm

noarch: 66fb704b5409c5d579bc7b89e963d223 kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: 16d74780480b0c66f77d00029010a142 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm a6be7685fdd323fc34b93b2f8ef2bf6c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 895d92d775f74364c0432b1c5be80fd4 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 527cb4fea0ac47ce22f08a54d374fa85 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm e8e39208db26245e3459e5ff981a9946 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm a74166f4c34cf0a04ce8667c901f0b14 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 20f489682aaa1bb614b3e742dad7bf19 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 2d1e8f1983b8f69145be9d79ba54a4c2 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 19ced825c4f52264467083dc2e2a1343 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: cb859192d2ca30ae6e314a12ec10b2e0 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.src.rpm

i386: 11f4fb3620c9db26a01ee9e201b81b9e kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 13acd543e9b93a4e2e6b0342cdb46317 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm fa5dd3ede554ab6547bc789c489b68a6 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm cedaf493c97ad8186cc5de391121d0a3 kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm a43dd652f3ce0cf44ed2df468555ad1c kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 7eecd01ca22989109a55a2ef85f6c58e kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 2595f2eeb9d64f43c5b2c23e09551792 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 7d14e719350a05bfd66273a58d4acc66 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 244de63bec04fd54afa0b02d4983bf63 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: 6042c74256317f1b5446be4be44269ac kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm d2edfe7cba8f8c54050361251ff4ea5c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm bf466de49258197cfa00074760ea97b2 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm 39b77015d5da3e3dc3964a70dda60958 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm 07134f58da279a104ab31530ca014f0a kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: 66fb704b5409c5d579bc7b89e963d223 kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: 16d74780480b0c66f77d00029010a142 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm a6be7685fdd323fc34b93b2f8ef2bf6c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 895d92d775f74364c0432b1c5be80fd4 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 527cb4fea0ac47ce22f08a54d374fa85 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm e8e39208db26245e3459e5ff981a9946 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm a74166f4c34cf0a04ce8667c901f0b14 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 20f489682aaa1bb614b3e742dad7bf19 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 2d1e8f1983b8f69145be9d79ba54a4c2 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 19ced825c4f52264467083dc2e2a1343 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: cb859192d2ca30ae6e314a12ec10b2e0 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.src.rpm

i386: 11f4fb3620c9db26a01ee9e201b81b9e kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 13acd543e9b93a4e2e6b0342cdb46317 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm fa5dd3ede554ab6547bc789c489b68a6 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm cedaf493c97ad8186cc5de391121d0a3 kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm a43dd652f3ce0cf44ed2df468555ad1c kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 7eecd01ca22989109a55a2ef85f6c58e kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 2595f2eeb9d64f43c5b2c23e09551792 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 7d14e719350a05bfd66273a58d4acc66 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm 244de63bec04fd54afa0b02d4983bf63 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.i686.rpm

ia64: 6042c74256317f1b5446be4be44269ac kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm d2edfe7cba8f8c54050361251ff4ea5c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm bf466de49258197cfa00074760ea97b2 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm 39b77015d5da3e3dc3964a70dda60958 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm 07134f58da279a104ab31530ca014f0a kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.ia64.rpm

noarch: 66fb704b5409c5d579bc7b89e963d223 kernel-doc-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64: 16d74780480b0c66f77d00029010a142 kernel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm a6be7685fdd323fc34b93b2f8ef2bf6c kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 895d92d775f74364c0432b1c5be80fd4 kernel-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 527cb4fea0ac47ce22f08a54d374fa85 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm e8e39208db26245e3459e5ff981a9946 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm a74166f4c34cf0a04ce8667c901f0b14 kernel-smp-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 20f489682aaa1bb614b3e742dad7bf19 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 2d1e8f1983b8f69145be9d79ba54a4c2 kernel-xenU-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm 19ced825c4f52264467083dc2e2a1343 kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-55.0.9.EL.x86_64.rpm

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