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Ubuntu 6.06, 6.10, 7.04 USN-518-1 Critical: Kernel Ptrace DoS

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Calendar Grey September 24, 2007
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical advisory for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, 6.10 and 7.04 on kernel exploits causing Denial of Service.
Evan Teran discovered that the Linux kernel ptrace routines did not correctly handle certain requests robustly

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security advisory denial of service kernel ptrace critical security ubuntu system crash

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-518-1 September 25, 2007

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