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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA33455

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/33455/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

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

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/1044/

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

For more information:
SA23436
SA25068
SA26322
SA27842
SA27908
SA30499
SA31366

SOLUTION:
Updated packages for 32-bit architectures are available via Red Hat
Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2009-0001:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0001.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA23436:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23436/

SA25068:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25068/

SA26322:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26322/

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

SA27908:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27908/

SA30499:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30499/

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

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