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>> Redhat Security Update Fixes Kernel Security Bypass and Denial of Service Issues

Title : Redhat Security Update Fixes Kernel Security Bypass and Denial of Service Issues
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0418
CVE ID : CVE-2006-4538 - CVE-2006-4813 - CVE-2006-4814 - CVE-2006-5174 - CVE-2006-5619 - CVE-2006-5751 - CVE-2006-5753 - CVE-2006-5754 - CVE-2006-5757 - CVE-2006-5823 - CVE-2006-6053 - CVE-2006-6054 - CVE-2006-6056 - CVE-2006-6106 - CVE-2006-6535
Rated as : High Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-01-31

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Redhat has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities identified in Kernel. These issues could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions, cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary commands. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2006-3670 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4716 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-5082 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-3938 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4297 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4781 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4359 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4405 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4458 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-4487 - VUPEN/ADV-2006-5037

Affected Products

Red Hat Desktop (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4)

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
http://rhn.redhat.com/

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0418
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html

ChangeLog

2007-01-31 : Initial release

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