TITLE:
Fedora update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17995

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17995/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora Core 4
http://secunia.com/product/5251/

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

For more information:
SA17226
SA17786

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Fedora Core 4:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/

9a69f839642e2b98d21f5b24d1863a29 
SRPMS/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.src.rpm
8a37d17b0a6afdc90f2d0461db3d8689 
ppc/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc.rpm
519c0dd926b52f3ac32a751f9185e4ca 
ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc.rpm
29ad65bb074c1a8bef80792097ad275f 
ppc/kernel-smp-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc.rpm
ff407935584726a7407cde4adc35425f 
ppc/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc.rpm
3b08817bf2538be0f8ffcd0c8af32213 
ppc/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc.rpm
a6ca3e28ac004632d2965a4dbbd49f62 
ppc/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc64.rpm
10510de835349ddfc0bc8cb8f244e32e 
ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.ppc64.rpm
450fffa42b2206a57ea09f75abb4081b 
x86_64/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.x86_64.rpm
a3c6cd931daa7ba84d3ca56b1c48481f 
x86_64/kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.x86_64.rpm
0a2685588ec1e84cbaf2ffbaa5d36238 
x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.x86_64.rpm
cfe121c6622169b62bc71306fb950898 
x86_64/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.x86_64.rpm
e0c082c07d8052f3d7a352b21d0ea53f 
x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.x86_64.rpm
53041de394eb3d57e6649daa44569489 
x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.noarch.rpm
17c9ed241f1da2d1d7b0587e549eb52d 
i386/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i586.rpm
ef05501ea2137c0362972e53d70154a4 
i386/kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i586.rpm
585ceba843679408db815db7bb7b75d0 
i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i586.rpm
cd474c22cda65e4cb52d2e5be4f3848a 
i386/kernel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i686.rpm
b86b29b16bd6ea1cddb6d47532652af3 
i386/kernel-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i686.rpm
a8237fc28a92a8ba4df3e6604f0f964a 
i386/kernel-smp-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i686.rpm
3b04054baf66e458b6d1cb46df31e803 
i386/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i686.rpm
bdf70e5ba9049b959d028e1d4eeca259 
i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.i686.rpm
53041de394eb3d57e6649daa44569489 
i386/kernel-doc-2.6.14-1.1653_FC4.noarch.rpm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17226:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17226/

SA17786:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17786/

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