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Red Hat Enterprise 2.1 RHSA-2006:0579-01 Critical: Kernel Security Update

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Calendar Grey July 13, 2006
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Kernel update addresses important security issues and enhances system stability for Linux users effectively.
Updated kernel packages that fix a number of security issues as well as other bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (32 bit architectures) This security advisory ...

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/):

155362 - CVE-2005-3273 ROSE ndigis verification 169262 - CVE-2005-3055 async usb devio oops 186245 - CVE-2006-1342 Small information leak in SO_ORIGINAL_DST and getname() (CVE-2006-1343) 189344 - CVE-2006-1056 FPU Information leak on i386/x86-64 on AMD CPUs 189438 - CVE-2006-1864 smbfs chroot issue 190076 - CVE-2006-2071 mprotect gives write permission to a readonly attachment

6. RPMs required:

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

SRPMS: 5bb4eb687f9657fbc9270e2ac34bfd43 kernel-2.4.9-e.70.src.rpm

i386: a01f8a420613698289df25b15b37c347 kernel-2.4.9-e.70.athlon.rpm 8cc3614816ac844acbd7a6f5939fcbb8 kernel-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm b7e4f94752fb561c436bd284bb3bb33b kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm 31a3335b0203bfa6841751446142dd12 kernel-debug-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm 366548fb753d8e153e1099575acb67e1 kernel-doc-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm 8a3e9b19eea831131c5d983716e71b5d kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm b97f9e32f89e35b7da18c1aca2a279c7 kernel-headers-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm 909da40944a1664786e7881119735cad kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.70.athlon.rpm 783c75ba154ba2892ba824ea90eb3214 kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm 2ef4bbc4b4bf2549ca884e9ad9b5e1f3 kernel-source-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm 414c6991ff9f596f4903ab5a74efd47a kernel-summit-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:

SRPMS: 5bb4eb687f9657fbc9270e2ac34bfd43 kernel-2.4.9-e.70.src.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

SRPMS: 5bb4eb687f9657fbc9270e2ac34bfd43 kernel-2.4.9-e.70.src.rpm

i386: a01f8a420613698289df25b15b37c347 kernel-2.4.9-e.70.athlon.rpm 8cc3614816ac844acbd7a6f5939fcbb8 kernel-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm b7e4f94752fb561c436bd284bb3bb33b kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm 31a3335b0203bfa6841751446142dd12 kernel-debug-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm 366548fb753d8e153e1099575acb67e1 kernel-doc-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm b97f9e32f89e35b7da18c1aca2a279c7 kernel-headers-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm 909da40944a1664786e7881119735cad kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.70.athlon.rpm 783c75ba154ba2892ba824ea90eb3214 kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm 2ef4bbc4b4bf2549ca884e9ad9b5e1f3 kernel-source-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

SRPMS: 5bb4eb687f9657fbc9270e2ac34bfd43 kernel-2.4.9-e.70.src.rpm

i386: a01f8a420613698289df25b15b37c347 kernel-2.4.9-e.70.athlon.rpm 8cc3614816ac844acbd7a6f5939fcbb8 kernel-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm b7e4f94752fb561c436bd284bb3bb33b kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm 31a3335b0203bfa6841751446142dd12 kernel-debug-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm 366548fb753d8e153e1099575acb67e1 kernel-doc-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm 8a3e9b19eea831131c5d983716e71b5d kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm b97f9e32f89e35b7da18c1aca2a279c7 kernel-headers-2.4.9-e.70.i386.rpm 909da40944a1664786e7881119735cad kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.70.athlon.rpm 783c75ba154ba2892ba824ea90eb3214 kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.70.i686.rpm 2ef4bbc4b4bf2549ca884e9ad9b5e1f3 kernel-source-2.4.9-e.70.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

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat kernel update critical threat system stability important impact

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3055 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3273 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1056 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1342 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1343 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1864 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2071 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2006:0579-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0579.html
Issue date: 2006-07-13
Updated on: 2006-07-13
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue Red Hat kernel update critical threat system stability important impact

Relevant Releases Architectures

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

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 -

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

Bugs Fixed

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