Scientific Linux 4.x Kernel Important Security Flaws CVE-2008-0598

Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:03:26 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for kernel on SL4.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Issue date:	2008-06-25
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-0598 CVE-2008-1367 CVE-2008-2365
 CVE-2008-2729

These updated packages fix the following security issues:

* A security flaw was found in the Linux kernel memory copy routines, when
running on certain AMD64 systems. If an unsuccessful attempt to copy kernel
memory from source to destination memory locations occurred, the copy
routines did not zero the content at the destination memory location. This
could allow a local unprivileged user to view potentially sensitive data.
(CVE-2008-2729, Important)

* Alexey Dobriyan discovered a race condition in the Linux kernel
process-tracing system call, ptrace. A local unprivileged user could
use this flaw to cause a denial of service (kernel hang).
(CVE-2008-2365, Important)

* Tavis Ormandy discovered a deficiency in the Linux kernel 32-bit and
64-bit emulation. This could allow a local unprivileged user to prepare and
run a specially crafted binary, which would use this deficiency to leak
uninitialized and potentially sensitive data. (CVE-2008-0598, Important)

* It was discovered that the Linux kernel handled string operations in the
opposite way to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). This could allow a local
unprivileged user to cause memory corruption. (CVE-2008-1367, Low)

As well, these updated packages fix the following bug:

* On systems with a large number of CPUs (more than 16), multiple
applications calling the "times()" system call may have caused a system
hang.

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.src.rpm
 i386:
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.i686.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.i686.rpm
 Dependencies:
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELhugemem-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELxenU-2.5.3-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELhugemem-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELhugemem-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELhugemem-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELhugemem-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-1.4.6-58.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELhugemem-1.4.6-58.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-1.4.6-58.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELxenU-1.4.6-58.SL4.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELhugemem-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.i686.rpm
 x86_64:
kernel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.noarch.rpm
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xenU-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL.x86_64.rpm
 Dependencies:
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELlargesmp-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELxenU-2.5.3-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELlargesmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELxenU-1.1.0-1.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELlargesmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELlargesmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-0.9.3.3-10.sl4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELlargesmp-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELxenU-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELlargesmp-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELxenU-1.4.6-58.SL4.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.0.20.EL-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELlargesmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELsmp-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.9-67.0.20.ELxenU-2.2-2.SL4x.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson