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TITLE:
Red Hat update for xen

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29963

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29963/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, DoS, Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for xen. This fixes some vulnerabilities
and a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users
to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), or truncate arbitrary files.

For more information:
SA25073
SA27389
SA30111

NOTE: Two other vulnerabilities in the hypervisor's para-virtualized
framebuffer (PVFB) backend have also been fixed.

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0194.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25073:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25073/

SA27389:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27389/

SA30111:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30111/

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