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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA22497

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22497/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
bypass certain security restrictions, disclose potentially sensitive
information, and cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and by malicios
people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA19664
SA19869
SA22253
SA22289

This also fixes a vulnerability in the IPC shared memory
implementation, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
cause a DoS.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA19664:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19664/

SA19869:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19869/

SA22253:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22253/

SA22289:
http://secunia.com/advisories/22289/

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