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Slackware 12.0: 2008-042-01 Critical Update for Kernel Root Exploit

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Calendar Grey February 12, 2008
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Updated kernel versions resolve local escalation vulnerabilities in Slackware 12.0 and -current, boosting defense mechanisms against security threats.
New kernel packages are available for Slackware 12.0, and -current to fix a local root exploit

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/kernel-generic-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz: All of these kernel upgrades fix yesterday's local root exploit. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0010 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0163 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0600 (* Security fix *) patches/packages/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz: (* Security fix *) patches/packages/kernel-huge-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz: (* Security fix *) patches/packages/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz: (* Security fix *) If you use lilo, don't forget to run it again after the upgrade.

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security advisory local exploit kernel fix Slackware patch update

Where Find New Packages

HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com.
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated packages for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/kernel-generic-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/kernel-generic-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/kernel-huge-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/kernel-huge-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz The kernel p...

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MD5 Signatures

Slackware 12.0 packages: ebf025aa30af925ac6817fe58811e921 kernel-generic-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz e35c66f2d765a221b509f1b7b463c9fe kernel-generic-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz 3f9e3783dd7d799a277ec3e79e8bb82d kernel-huge-2.6.21.5-i486-2_slack12.0.tgz 0503193191731bba693ed6ce35b8c26d kernel-huge-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz
Slackware -current packages: ec7ac93d303037392d1257a26280a47d kernel-generic-2.6.23.16-i486-1.tgz 51eb6a85e88f769165b8759a3b391ac9 kernel-generic-smp-2.6.23.16_smp-i686-1.tgz 14729d0653b4f613233ec9501a12fa15 kernel-huge-2.6.23.16-i486-1.tgz 50448f876c0285667902e8b93836ab4b kernel-huge-smp-2.6.23.16_smp-i686-1.tgz 194c5c4b0743c4d611eb3de90c4b3015 kernel-modules-2.6.23.16-i486-1.tgz fe7eb7e5e4f09353a88db9326fbcd9a9 kernel-modules-smp-2.6.23.16_smp-i686-1.tgz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the appropriate package as root: # upgradepkg kernel-generic-smp-2.6.21.5_smp-i686-2_slack12.0.tgz Then, if you use lilo rerun it to update the boot loader.

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