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>> Mandriva Security Update Fixes Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Title : Mandriva Security Update Fixes Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0489
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0600
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-02-12


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A vulnerability has been identified in Mandriva, which could be exploited by malicious users to gain elevated privileges. This issue is caused by an error in Kernel. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0487

Affected Products

Mandriva Linux 2007.0
Mandriva Linux 2007.1

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :

Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
c63758e3abeda7602d9a81890253d854 2007.0/i586/kernel-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
eb743ddfbb72aac4763ad008cb5bcad5 2007.0/i586/kernel-doc-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
974492b95aeb6349888ec4f9a6499fbf 2007.0/i586/kernel-enterprise-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
ad17be478e5debd28663e0e3e788fba7 2007.0/i586/kernel-legacy-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
12a369a4da1cf126ce0dbb61893b7476 2007.0/i586/kernel-source-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
2fd75aa15c00fd06882dc5a9c88c560d 2007.0/i586/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
44b699bd4418488011747c6f9d90cac5 2007.0/i586/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
c2cbe1e2e11cdd66b8e1e926603cac7b 2007.0/i586/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
8e0c25c3078b3e08902767ee05e8c6eb 2007.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
c7875e488362c15ecb76e7d4d0a5aef8 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
e9f0a1008002ffe40bae5406249c5ff3 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
36133c70f730c3e29bd03626630522c7 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
3441a1c0d0dca1bcd4b2ce0f70c776c7 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
2569a3b256c64bb44e2f7257e8b891db 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
568b997678edddc1af69defe02052229 2007.0/x86_64/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
8e0c25c3078b3e08902767ee05e8c6eb 2007.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
0f1453e9367c4483e8a09d1f86abbfc7 2007.1/i586/kernel-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
04f805797e6ad66ce6e2ef4356c5ae20 2007.1/i586/kernel-doc-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
bddd4e3c46da24bab5107e36ebf052a9 2007.1/i586/kernel-doc-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.i586.rpm
bc5309d6003dbf70cf08cc287c878911 2007.1/i586/kernel-enterprise-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
fc903c61146c16b45ba2f86f5f4e9318 2007.1/i586/kernel-enterprise-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.i586.rpm
b0eba323c633baf341216fe5c000a852 2007.1/i586/kernel-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.i586.rpm
3789dfc33bbcfd7a4643e623a3d3f887 2007.1/i586/kernel-legacy-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
a014d9595a4e80b3ff51976b59822acb 2007.1/i586/kernel-legacy-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.i586.rpm
555822b1f7400be240d63aa993809fa5 2007.1/i586/kernel-source-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
d99f1b9db0461be5c7dc187b6e0e76aa 2007.1/i586/kernel-source-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.i586.rpm
5f579b07b3b40cf3a2e7e30e0a3c7f24 2007.1/i586/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
fa83757c3f38fff305df8a212c264e04 2007.1/i586/kernel-source-stripped-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.i586.rpm
2b380e48adf57862740a883acf8b5eed 2007.1/i586/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
80852864b2146eadc762235ec61e5a13 2007.1/i586/kernel-xen0-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.i586.rpm
0cac0d1e82089622d3d3566720accb14 2007.1/i586/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
750d97ef65990e039ba6c5437e4301e5 2007.1/i586/kernel-xenU-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.i586.rpm
6761309040b1a1980bc95eca54f205b2 2007.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
01be7ee171bfd72f353b091492c21e54 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
722594b383eaa2eb1ab68d5f8916deb1 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
2371fdd019b0aa8d6f789fa0d3964a10 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-doc-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.x86_64.rpm
32309ca753c4eec5077f0e7c0389f82e 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.x86_64.rpm
233a48b8e2d0f46a5e3518539e42806b 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-source-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
5b7514a844f49306c3b0eaa15cc9f4db 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-source-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.x86_64.rpm
e91c84b6960f290eff377eb7240308cc 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-source-stripped-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
799051e2f4a45e8fa5266757ed1511f4 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-source-stripped-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.x86_64.rpm
6c27f83a4a82e5c75e3ef9ac28fbba09 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-xen0-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
bf06381c466e20dd21d03e72d1135cc7 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-xen0-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.x86_64.rpm
40aa16fc3a27f43035f011f09751da7a 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-xenU-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
e27a4aa2d2e8ef10e7fb5abb3811440e 2007.1/x86_64/kernel-xenU-latest-2.6.17-17mdv.x86_64.rpm
6761309040b1a1980bc95eca54f205b2 2007.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17.17mdv-1-1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0489
http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/security-announce/2008-02/msg00018.php

ChangeLog

2008-02-12 : Initial release

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