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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15188

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15188/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited to gain escalated privileges
or cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA11936
SA14295
SA14570
SA14713

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-283.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA11936:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11936/

SA14295:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14295/

SA14570:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14570/

SA14713:
http://secunia.com/advisories/14713/

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