Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Redhat, which could be exploited by local or remote attackers to bypass security restrictions or cause a denial of service. These issues are caused by errors in Kernel. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3860 - VUPEN/ADV-2007-4090 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-0151

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

Solution

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

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0258
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0089.html

ChangeLog

2008-01-24 : Initial release

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