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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2007:0013-01 Moderate: Kernel DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey January 17, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
New kernel updates released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 to resolve security vulnerabilities and fix bugs. Please upgrade immediately.
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/):

102095 - Panic occurs at the time of installation. 147666 - Memory corruption when reading /proc/kcore 156029 - kernel may oops if more than 4k worth of string data returned in /proc/devices 197673 - CVE-2006-2935 Possible buffer overflow in DVD handling 207306 - CVE-2006-4997 IP over ATM clip_mkip dereference freed pointer 213567 - Access to unmapped vmalloc pages when reading proc/kcore

6. RPMs required:

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

SRPMS: e24e685bd40cefc4624d4fd1a2576be9 kernel-2.4.9-e.71.src.rpm

i386: 2717477b65b013f4341e505b05cc2311 kernel-2.4.9-e.71.athlon.rpm cfefd56a803b58d4fc0f7a9e5cbde814 kernel-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm f4a07ecbd5a20fd5e926f0bd48a57893 kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm 84208388bdb8fed407d4d54788df3714 kernel-debug-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm 8d9dfa5bc3f02fc5b64f159c85e6da3c kernel-doc-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm 83c1fd68611302157486110a73cb27dc kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm 9c84e5cdb3bc6d75617fb5a4149673f1 kernel-headers-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm a4beb1aa891f3dab4b2db9bd33ca89dc kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.71.athlon.rpm 1697645d1da8fe51a74fff9be90136dd kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm b0856883d1737dd9bdbce18868538e63 kernel-source-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm cc8345617fc9877ea529c3a7dc37ab83 kernel-summit-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:

SRPMS: e24e685bd40cefc4624d4fd1a2576be9 kernel-2.4.9-e.71.src.rpm

i386: 2717477b65b013f4341e505b05cc2311 kernel-2.4.9-e.71.athlon.rpm cfefd56a803b58d4fc0f7a9e5cbde814 kernel-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm f4a07ecbd5a20fd5e926f0bd48a57893 kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm 84208388bdb8fed407d4d54788df3714 kernel-debug-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm 8d9dfa5bc3f02fc5b64f159c85e6da3c kernel-doc-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm 9c84e5cdb3bc6d75617fb5a4149673f1 kernel-headers-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm a4beb1aa891f3dab4b2db9bd33ca89dc kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.71.athlon.rpm 1697645d1da8fe51a74fff9be90136dd kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm b0856883d1737dd9bdbce18868538e63 kernel-source-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:

SRPMS: e24e685bd40cefc4624d4fd1a2576be9 kernel-2.4.9-e.71.src.rpm

i386: 2717477b65b013f4341e505b05cc2311 kernel-2.4.9-e.71.athlon.rpm cfefd56a803b58d4fc0f7a9e5cbde814 kernel-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm f4a07ecbd5a20fd5e926f0bd48a57893 kernel-BOOT-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm 84208388bdb8fed407d4d54788df3714 kernel-debug-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm 8d9dfa5bc3f02fc5b64f159c85e6da3c kernel-doc-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm 83c1fd68611302157486110a73cb27dc kernel-enterprise-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm 9c84e5cdb3bc6d75617fb5a4149673f1 kernel-headers-2.4.9-e.71.i386.rpm a4beb1aa891f3dab4b2db9bd33ca89dc kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.71.athlon.rpm 1697645d1da8fe51a74fff9be90136dd kernel-smp-2.4.9-e.71.i686.rpm b0856883d1737dd9bdbce18868538e63 kernel-source-2.4.9-e.71.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

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2935 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4997 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List


Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:0013-01
Issue date: 2007-01-17
Updated on: 2007-01-17
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

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

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