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Red Hat 2.1 RHSA-2007:0672-01 Important: Kernel DoS Fix

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Calendar Grey August 8, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The Debian kernel patch DSA-2023:0062-1 resolves severe vulnerabilities, enhancing overall security and performance.
Updated kernel packages that fix a number of security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (32-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 (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

217007 - CVE-2006-6058 minix_bmap denial of service 217023 - CVE-2006-6054 ext2_check_page denial of service 231070 - CVE-2007-1217 Overflow in CAPI subsystem 233483 - CVE-2007-1592 IPv6 oops triggerable by any user 234295 - CVE-2007-1353 Bluetooth setsockopt() information leaks

6. RPMs required:

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

SRPMS: e0095f0c0117599facea3858143f0a54 kernel-2.4.9-e.72.src.rpm

i386: 3c1762c99272c95caff4920b5c091600 kernel-2.4.9-e.72.athlon.rpm f337123d81f654ebea3a75642a7d8f54 kernel-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 5ad8a2db60dd761078b04222c86d3c29 kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm a43876b373d14df0924819881add4412 kernel-debug-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 18a991ba3f8bc5b0e058f302b5fc3265 kernel-doc-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm f11cbbd7d8e239840a241e28b8da81d9 kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 015d93e6ae6bfdb58440032009c5e2e1 kernel-headers-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm 248b4b045b45a51e3bdc7e6d5f032ab6 kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.72.athlon.rpm 4c0389c372bb9686cb8e9a660e6741df kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 07df232ff8d073ff90a84140d9dccef4 kernel-source-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm d78599b5d5eb0abb3c0d3f1e50795b3b kernel-summit-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

SRPMS: e0095f0c0117599facea3858143f0a54 kernel-2.4.9-e.72.src.rpm

i386: 3c1762c99272c95caff4920b5c091600 kernel-2.4.9-e.72.athlon.rpm f337123d81f654ebea3a75642a7d8f54 kernel-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 5ad8a2db60dd761078b04222c86d3c29 kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm a43876b373d14df0924819881add4412 kernel-debug-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 18a991ba3f8bc5b0e058f302b5fc3265 kernel-doc-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm 015d93e6ae6bfdb58440032009c5e2e1 kernel-headers-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm 248b4b045b45a51e3bdc7e6d5f032ab6 kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.72.athlon.rpm 4c0389c372bb9686cb8e9a660e6741df kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 07df232ff8d073ff90a84140d9dccef4 kernel-source-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

SRPMS: e0095f0c0117599facea3858143f0a54 kernel-2.4.9-e.72.src.rpm

i386: 3c1762c99272c95caff4920b5c091600 kernel-2.4.9-e.72.athlon.rpm f337123d81f654ebea3a75642a7d8f54 kernel-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 5ad8a2db60dd761078b04222c86d3c29 kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm a43876b373d14df0924819881add4412 kernel-debug-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 18a991ba3f8bc5b0e058f302b5fc3265 kernel-doc-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm f11cbbd7d8e239840a241e28b8da81d9 kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 015d93e6ae6bfdb58440032009c5e2e1 kernel-headers-2.4.9-e.72.i386.rpm 248b4b045b45a51e3bdc7e6d5f032ab6 kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.72.athlon.rpm 4c0389c372bb9686cb8e9a660e6741df kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.72.i686.rpm 07df232ff8d073ff90a84140d9dccef4 kernel-source-2.4.9-e.72.i386.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 kernel dos important update

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6054 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6058 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-2007:0672-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0672.html
Issue date: 2007-08-08
Updated on: 2007-08-08
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

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Topics Covered

security advisory red hat kernel dos important update

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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