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Fedora update for Kernel
Secunia Advisory:	SA10335	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2003-12-03
Popularity:	6,697 views

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	DoS
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Fedora Core 1

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Description: Red Hat has issued updated packages for the kernel. These fix a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is reportedly caused due to an error in the error return on a concurrent fork with a threaded exit. This can be exploited to crash the kernel. Solution: Apply updated packages. SRPM: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...PMS/kernel-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.src.rpm i386: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...el-source-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.i386.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...ernel-doc-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.i386.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...rnel-BOOT-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.i386.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.i386.rpm i586: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...86/kernel-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.i586.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.i586.rpm i686: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...86/kernel-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.i686.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...ernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.i686.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...debuginfo-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.i686.rpm Athlon: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub.../kernel-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.athlon.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...nel-smp-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.athlon.rpm http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...buginfo-2.4.22-1.2129.nptl.athlon.rpm

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