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TITLE:
SUSE update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25099

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25099/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information, DoS

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
openSUSE 10.2
http://secunia.com/product/13375/

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

For more information:
SA24493
SA24618
SA24793

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- x86 Platform --

openSUSE 10.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpm
95292ec575fcc2fb45a4967255b8b72f
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/kernel-default-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpm
f29d3626caf1b971661556d9193fc816
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/kernel-source-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpm
1bb4c4fabc32647ff6ffafc916081c50
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/kernel-syms-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpm
b99077ba62db238a8e5df197ea9ea25c
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/kernel-xen-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpm
34523268fc1b99b0fcb8addb77bf01d8
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/kernel-xenpae-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpm
b9a57ed4f13196aa5b0a062cfc561a77
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/i586/perl-Bootloader-0.4.14-1.2.i586.rpm
95714f4c6b647ef6c68e4d3caa033787

-- Power PC Platform --

openSUSE 10.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/ppc/kernel-default-2.6.18.8-0.3.ppc.rpm
2aa018a5edc8f3425ad196225eaf5bad
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/ppc/kernel-iseries64-2.6.18.8-0.3.ppc.rpm
260f74713bd8fba471202941f6114fa3
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/ppc/kernel-ppc64-2.6.18.8-0.3.ppc.rpm
cedf939124e52f93a86c25e9fdf0d250
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/ppc/kernel-source-2.6.18.8-0.3.ppc.rpm
ccc7c02e400fd55f1b132c2a2cedd192
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/ppc/kernel-syms-2.6.18.8-0.3.ppc.rpm
6b528a441cfa910d19794470f4cfc89a
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/ppc/perl-Bootloader-0.4.14-1.2.ppc.rpm
602bbcbfa115caf71ada49b583f85f28

x86-64 Platform:

openSUSE 10.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-default-2.6.18.8-0.3.x86_64.rpm
0835bf763018e56be3db1625e91680dd
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.18.8-0.3.x86_64.rpm
05a41525a7f4db33fe871207a44a1fdf
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-syms-2.6.18.8-0.3.x86_64.rpm
8853551b4f1bd2f1f083176b307e0401
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/x86_64/kernel-xen-2.6.18.8-0.3.x86_64.rpm
24dec86d61e5e5e78cc67df60f82a88e
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/x86_64/perl-Bootloader-0.4.14-1.2.x86_64.rpm
e0706b2bbadccd4700238f1906cffb3d

Sources:

openSUSE 10.2:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpm
404e960620d51992b04758e94edfb7b5
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/kernel-default-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpm
d99e2efc57a9035da836a1d47fd39dd8
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/kernel-iseries64-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpm
4ca31984c81bdd27cdb5c161e154dc79
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/kernel-ppc64-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpm
8e70951375a9abe704acc5627f97b33c
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/kernel-source-2.6.18.8-0.3.src.rpm
e0c9eeb1a788c977030a5dc629f6536c
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/kernel-syms-2.6.18.8-0.3.src.rpm
156bc97491b5281544d08dbaa1ab7355
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/kernel-xen-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpm
b8496e19276c0c18856d55d4131d850a
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/kernel-xenpae-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpm
b6207a927ed90bdbf8e87abdf6bcd586
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/perl-Bootloader-0.4.14-1.2.src.rpm
1e5a0f32e9d9a55ce846acf6399a6f7e

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24493:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24493/

SA24618:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24618/

SA24793:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24793/

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