Slackware 9.0: SSA-2003-168-01 Critical: Kernel Update Denial Of Service

Here are the details from the Slackware 9.0 ChangeLog: Tue Jun 17 19:41:55 PDT 2003 New precompiled Linux 2.4.21 kernels and source packages are now available for Slackware 9.0. These fix a few problems with the ptrace patch used with the 2.4.20 kernel, and add a few extra drivers (like Silicon Image Serial-ATA support). The new kernel also fixes a number of security issues, such as a routing cache problem in 2.4.20 and earlier can allow an attacker to cause hash collisions in the prerouting chain that consume CPU resources resulting in a denial-of-service (CAN-2003-0244). patches/packages/kernel-headers-2.4.21-i386-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.4.21 kernel headers. patches/packages/kernel-ide-2.4.21-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to Linux 2.4.21. patches/packages/kernel-modules-2.4.21-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded kernel modules to Linux 2.4.21. patches/packages/kernel-modules-2.4.21_xfs-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded the XFS-patched kernel modules package to Linux 2.4.21-xfs. These are