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Red Hat update for kernel
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA8891
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Release Date:
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2003-05-30
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Popularity:
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7,514 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2003-0244
CVE-2003-0246
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Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This update fixes a Denial of Service vulnerability, which can be exploited by flooding a Linux system with spoofed packets and thereby causing collisions in the hash tabel. As well as a privilege escalation issue, allowing users to access I/O ports.
For more information:
http://secunia.com/advisories/8786/
http://secunia.com/advisories/8823/
Other bugs and security enhancements are also included in this update, see the original advisory for details.
Solution:
Kernel version "kernel-2.4.9-e.24" is now available from Red Hat Network for the following releases:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 2.1)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 2.1)
Original Advisory:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-147.html
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