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Ubuntu 6.10 USN-509-1 High Severity Kernel Flaws Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey August 30, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Tackle vital kernel vulnerabilities in Ubuntu Linux. Update immediately to prevent privilege escalation and denial of service exploits.
A flaw in the sysfs_readdir function allowed a local user to cause a denial of service by dereferencing a NULL pointer

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security advisory denial of service high severity kernel flaw ubuntu

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important
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Critical

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-509-1 August 31, 2007

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security advisory denial of service high severity kernel flaw ubuntu

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