CentOS Linux 7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 are vulnerable to over a dozen kernel bugs. Red Hat has issued an important security update mutigating these flaws - patch now! . The new kernel security and bug fix update has been rated by Red Hat Product Security as having a security impact of ‘Important’ and affects the kernel packages in all supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 operating system editions, as well as the CentOS Linux 7 operating system series. The update addresses 11 security vulnerabilities, including CVE-2020-25705, a flaw discovered in the ICMP global rate limiter that could allow an off-path remote attacker to bypass source port UDP randomization and facilitate attacks on UDP based services that depend on source port randomization. The link for this article located at 9 to 5 Linux is no longer available. . Crucial kernel security patch for CentOS 7 and RHEL 7 addresses 11 vulnerabilities categorized as critical by Red Hat. Take action immediately!. Kernel Security Update, CentOS 7, RHEL 7, Bug Fixes, Red Hat Update. . Brittany Day
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