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Red Hat: 7.1 to 8.0 RHSA-2003:025-20 Critical: Ethernet Data Leak

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Calendar Grey February 4, 2003
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest 2.4 kernel update for Fedora addresses various issues linked to Ethernet connectivity and minimizes the chances of data breaches through network connections.
Multiple ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) device drivers do not pad frames with null bytes, which allows remote attackers to obtain information from previous packets or kernel...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied, especially the additional packages from RHSA-2002:205 and RHSA-2002:206 respectively.

The procedure for upgrading the kernel manually is documented at:

Support

Please read the directions for your architecture carefully before proceeding with the kernel upgrade.

Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this to be an easier way to apply updates. 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. Note that you need to select the kernel explicitly on default configurations of up2date.

5. Bug IDs fixed ( for more info):

76159 - Errata kernel 2.4.18-17.8.0 fails PCI resource allocation

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Linux 7.1:

SRPMS:


athlon:



i386:





i586:



i686:





Red Hat Linux 7.2:

SRPMS:


athlon:



i386:





i586:



i686:





Red Hat Linux 7.3:

SRPMS:


athlon:



i386:





i586:



i686:





Red Hat Linux 8.0:

SRPMS:


athlon:



i386:





i586:



i686:







7. Verification:

MD5 sum Package Name 4d0a3a9f1bcdfec8a014c5666a4c4501 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.src.rpm 7179efeb266bba7aa633a01267e24e74 7.1/en/os/athlon/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.athlon.rpm fcd9c11db5c7c02bd8ac16c12260c0e6 7.1/en/os/athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.7.x.athlon.rpm 63f1217de153ff63217515e1b016da33 7.1/en/os/i386/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 03a071c1c7252869382d683b1ceefa9f 7.1/en/os/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 18dd6648f9d77d3d266e584c7c2feca4 7.1/en/os/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 040aafbd075ad5f4041fa086a8179c80 7.1/en/os/i386/kernel-source-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 0a6684bc40e9f9f06d934dd806e182b3 7.1/en/os/i586/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.i586.rpm 35e33d5b3746db33bdf747bf4a866e00 7.1/en/os/i586/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.7.x.i586.rpm e0f9b4ae807dd4ee026a026f8233e977 7.1/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm ef2c961e676946329d5221fda16e2846 7.1/en/os/i686/kernel-bigmem-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm 13e60edc74a4e9ae6efe396acab4eb70 7.1/en/os/i686/kernel-debug-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm c7b78cdeb9e72d94cfa80bbe49303241 7.1/en/os/i686/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm 4d0a3a9f1bcdfec8a014c5666a4c4501 7.2/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.src.rpm 7179efeb266bba7aa633a01267e24e74 7.2/en/os/athlon/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.athlon.rpm fcd9c11db5c7c02bd8ac16c12260c0e6 7.2/en/os/athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.7.x.athlon.rpm 63f1217de153ff63217515e1b016da33 7.2/en/os/i386/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 03a071c1c7252869382d683b1ceefa9f 7.2/en/os/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 18dd6648f9d77d3d266e584c7c2feca4 7.2/en/os/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 040aafbd075ad5f4041fa086a8179c80 7.2/en/os/i386/kernel-source-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 0a6684bc40e9f9f06d934dd806e182b3 7.2/en/os/i586/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.i586.rpm 35e33d5b3746db33bdf747bf4a866e00 7.2/en/os/i586/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.7.x.i586.rpm e0f9b4ae807dd4ee026a026f8233e977 7.2/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm ef2c961e676946329d5221fda16e2846 7.2/en/os/i686/kernel-bigmem-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm 13e60edc74a4e9ae6efe396acab4eb70 7.2/en/os/i686/kernel-debug-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm c7b78cdeb9e72d94cfa80bbe49303241 7.2/en/os/i686/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm 4d0a3a9f1bcdfec8a014c5666a4c4501 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.src.rpm 7179efeb266bba7aa633a01267e24e74 7.3/en/os/athlon/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.athlon.rpm fcd9c11db5c7c02bd8ac16c12260c0e6 7.3/en/os/athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.7.x.athlon.rpm 63f1217de153ff63217515e1b016da33 7.3/en/os/i386/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 03a071c1c7252869382d683b1ceefa9f 7.3/en/os/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 18dd6648f9d77d3d266e584c7c2feca4 7.3/en/os/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 040aafbd075ad5f4041fa086a8179c80 7.3/en/os/i386/kernel-source-2.4.18-24.7.x.i386.rpm 0a6684bc40e9f9f06d934dd806e182b3 7.3/en/os/i586/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.i586.rpm 35e33d5b3746db33bdf747bf4a866e00 7.3/en/os/i586/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.7.x.i586.rpm e0f9b4ae807dd4ee026a026f8233e977 7.3/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm ef2c961e676946329d5221fda16e2846 7.3/en/os/i686/kernel-bigmem-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm 13e60edc74a4e9ae6efe396acab4eb70 7.3/en/os/i686/kernel-debug-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm c7b78cdeb9e72d94cfa80bbe49303241 7.3/en/os/i686/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.7.x.i686.rpm 3ab26ebfd1c80ba101b5b86bf5cd6421 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.18-24.8.0.src.rpm 6e12213933aac18036ecbec4e9d0b0ac 8.0/en/os/athlon/kernel-2.4.18-24.8.0.athlon.rpm 619979740d16881959d5f888aefaf195 8.0/en/os/athlon/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.8.0.athlon.rpm 2be552e4025aba02877ca21a0bd64007 8.0/en/os/i386/kernel-2.4.18-24.8.0.i386.rpm 232613b661b5dc806647935bbab16cb0 8.0/en/os/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.18-24.8.0.i386.rpm b0dddbebe98c52bdeb737473319008a0 8.0/en/os/i386/kernel-doc-2.4.18-24.8.0.i386.rpm 43ffe5e9be347b2da60d83cc03d64923 8.0/en/os/i386/kernel-source-2.4.18-24.8.0.i386.rpm d69f50521cb66ce09a9cefde417e8107 8.0/en/os/i586/kernel-2.4.18-24.8.0.i586.rpm 91e3b03e57e7df41d1472b45ad151719 8.0/en/os/i586/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.8.0.i586.rpm 5ccc7bd0668a144b91580490ae487744 8.0/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.18-24.8.0.i686.rpm 551569c64e64b83c145dc17b08dd505b 8.0/en/os/i686/kernel-bigmem-2.4.18-24.8.0.i686.rpm 56fafedd2ee58f288327fb56eaafd884 8.0/en/os/i686/kernel-debug-2.4.18-24.8.0.i686.rpm b125aab060782242428bdafb05edab93 8.0/en/os/i686/kernel-smp-2.4.18-24.8.0.i686.rpm


These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at About

You can verify each package with the following command:

rpm --checksig -v

If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command:

md5sum


Summary

Package List


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:025-20
Issue date: 2003-01-24
Updated on: 2003-02-03
Product: Red Hat Linux
Keywords: ethernet frame padding O_DIRECT
Cross references:
Obsoletes: RHBA-2002:292

Topic

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Linux 7.1 - athlon, i386, i586, i686

Red Hat Linux 7.2 - athlon, i386, i586, i686

Red Hat Linux 7.3 - athlon, i386, i586, i686

Red Hat Linux 8.0 - athlon, i386, i586, i686

Bugs Fixed

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