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TITLE:
Fedora update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32386

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32386/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora 8
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/16769/
Fedora 9
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/18642/

DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), and gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA32124
SA32320

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update kernel").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2008-8980:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html

FEDORA-2008-8929:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32124:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32124/

SA32320:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32320/

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