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Red Hat: RHSA-2009:1233-01 Important: Local DoS Kernel Patch

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Calendar Grey August 27, 2009
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Vital kernel enhancement for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 tackles significant vulnerabilities affecting system efficiency and safety.
Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Ha...

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

Summary

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
These updated packages fix the following security issues:
* a flaw was found in the SOCKOPS_WRAP macro in the Linux kernel. This macro did not initialize the sendpage operation in the proto_ops structure correctly. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2009-2692, Important)
* a flaw was found in the udp_sendmsg() implementation in the Linux kernel when using the MSG_MORE flag on UDP sockets. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to cause a local denial of service or escalate their privileges. (CVE-2009-2698, Important)
Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy and Julien Tinnes of the Google Security Team for responsibly reporting these flaws.
All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.

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References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2692 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2698 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm kernel-doc-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm kernel-smp-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm kernel-smp-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm kernel-source-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm
ia64: kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.ia64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.4.21-60.EL.ia64.rpm kernel-doc-2.4.21-60.EL.ia64.rpm kernel-source-2.4.21-60.EL.ia64.rpm kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.ia64.rpm
ppc: kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.ppc64pseries.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.4.21-60.EL.ppc64.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.4.21-60.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm kernel-debuginfo-2.4.21-60.EL.ppc64pseries.rpm kernel-doc-2.4.21-60.EL.ppc64.rpm kernel-source-2.4.21-60.EL.ppc64.rpm kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.ppc64pseries.rpm
s390: kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.s390.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2009:1233-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1233.html
Issue date: 2009-08-27

Topic

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 3.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team.

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Topics Covered

security advisory kernel update DoS issue Red Hat Enterprise Linux important security impact

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

516949 - CVE-2009-2692 kernel: uninit op in SOCKOPS_WRAP() leads to privesc

518034 - CVE-2009-2698 kernel: udp socket NULL ptr dereference

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