TITLE:
Fedora update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18774

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18774/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes two
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
disclose potentially sensitive information, and by malicious people
to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA18487
SA18766

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

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

b1f9d6a89e638edeeacecfd7495eb4e6450e279b 
SRPMS/kernel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.src.rpm
188b62f36e7e600c588715536d96e32606640abf 
ppc/kernel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.ppc.rpm
e286cb0385c3fdf49aef3d42fd43420a51ebcea8 
ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.ppc.rpm
8e3d18db547e94f750c022111c94f7d56943180f 
ppc/kernel-smp-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.ppc.rpm
3be387fa5fb7c3cd095c329ce71b9f94190e83df 
ppc/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.ppc.rpm
3c8b1004b5e9e64677dbf6b457db55f68ecd2e77 
ppc/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.ppc.rpm
62af3a7baffdbb17904985289fa16437fb5a950e 
ppc/kernel-doc-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.noarch.rpm
1392789f2ede26c037f9715012d8452e6d0e4590 
x86_64/kernel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.x86_64.rpm
09054fea4b6dbb75ccfdaafb9bb2ca0572b13b6a 
x86_64/kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.x86_64.rpm
058d2e9feb887f4e1947f6c67cd0e3e7d1b41d7e 
x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.x86_64.rpm
e776cc09a16f83e7bb63b1f297b39cbc15924684 
x86_64/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.x86_64.rpm
f0b33070f10c2c7451658e8ad63472e3b7647446 
x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.x86_64.rpm
62af3a7baffdbb17904985289fa16437fb5a950e 
x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.noarch.rpm
a65c2356bf30f818f23476aa2944171f2e8e58ed 
i386/kernel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.i586.rpm
4c2d91f66fee74f748a596ebfc2f16e61ec66bb2 
i386/kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.i586.rpm
b64db9db09db127809d5a426ca14faaeefef9161 
i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.i586.rpm
743357e7d11966a6218cfd251404d2e670b12847 
i386/kernel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.i686.rpm
6a61118b549d1252f3944838ff574bed4c244ef7 
i386/kernel-devel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.i686.rpm
77e82a0a4458567d74ee6817c84f77bca85640d6 
i386/kernel-smp-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.i686.rpm
579e825578ff22d44ebb3a50e3728ee6a1fcbb9d 
i386/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.i686.rpm
a42a5afe3689b3812a9fe781a9f8922a33be811e 
i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.i686.rpm
62af3a7baffdbb17904985289fa16437fb5a950e 
i386/kernel-doc-2.6.15-1.1831_FC4.noarch.rpm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18487:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18487/

SA18766:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18766/

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