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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42789

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-01-06

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DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
weaknesses and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious,
local users to disclose system information, cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), and gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to
cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA35093
SA41002
SA41440
SA41650
SA42035
SA42061
SA42126
SA42372

1) An error within the SCTP implementation can be exploited to cause
a crash by sending specially crafted network traffic.

2) An error within the RDS implementation can be exploited to execute
arbitrary code with kernel privileges.

3) The fix for Red Hat Bugzilla bug #484590 (provided in
RHSA-2009-1243) introduced a regression, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to cause a DoS.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.

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ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2011-0004:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html

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