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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33201

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33201/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation, DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

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

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

For more information:
SA25895
SA27842
SA30241
SA31048
SA31366

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

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2008-0973:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25895:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25895/

SA27842:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27842/

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

SA31048:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31048/

SA31366:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31366/

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