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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31628

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of sensitive information, Privilege
escalation, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Red Hat Enterprise MRG v1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (version 5)
http://secunia.com/product/19542/

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, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially gain
escalated privileges, and by malicious people to cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA23073
SA28105
SA30044
SA30241

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23073:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23073/

SA28105:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28105/

SA30044:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30044/

SA30241:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30241/

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