Scientific Linux: Kernel Update 40-44 Important Security Issues

Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 16:11:38 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: ERRATA for "kernel" on SL 40,41,42,43,44 i386,x86_64 now available
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The ERRATA for SL 40,41,42,43,44 i386 x86_64 are now available from:

Synopsis: Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in
the Scientific Linux 4 kernel are now available
Please remember that kernel's are not autoyumed by default. You will
have to manually do a 'yum update' to get the kernel update.

Severity: important

Issued on: 2007-01-30

CVEs:	CVE-2006-4538 CVE-2006-4813 CVE-2006-4814
	CVE-2006-5174 CVE-2006-5619 CVE-2006-5751
	CVE-2006-5753 CVE-2006-5754 CVE-2006-5757
	CVE-2006-5823 CVE-2006-6053 CVE-2006-6054
 	CVE-2006-6056 CVE-2006-6106 CVE-2006-6535

SRPMS
 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.src.rpm
i386
 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
 kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.noarch.rpm
 kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm
 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.i686.rpm

 Dependencies
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELhugemem-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELhugemem-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-0.9.6.0-2.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELhugemem-0.9.6.0-2.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-0.9.6.0-2.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-1.5-0.SL.3.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELhugemem-1.5-0.SL.3.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-1.5-0.SL.3.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-1.4.1-0.11.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELhugemem-1.4.1-0.11.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-1.4.1-0.11.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELhugemem-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm

x86_64
 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
 kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.noarch.rpm
 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
 kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm
 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL.x86_64.rpm

 Dependencies
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELlargesmp-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELlargesmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-1.5-0.SL.3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELlargesmp-1.5-0.SL.3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-1.5-0.SL.3.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-1.4.1-0.11.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELlargesmp-1.4.1-0.11.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-1.4.1-0.11.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-42.0.8.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELlargesmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm

The upstream vendor has not released the src.rpm's for GFS yet. When
they release them we will rebuild and send them out.

--Troy Dawson
--Connie Sieh