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>> Mandriva Security Update Fixes Kernel Security Bypass and DoS Issues

Title : Mandriva Security Update Fixes Kernel Security Bypass and DoS Issues
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2358
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1375 - CVE-2008-1615 - CVE-2008-1669 - CVE-2008-1675 - CVE-2008-2136 - CVE-2008-2148 - CVE-2008-2358 - CVE-2008-2750 - CVE-2008-2826
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-13

Technical Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Mandriva, which could be exploited by attackers or malicious users to bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive information, cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. These issues are caused by errors in Kernel. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1406 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-1451 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-1452 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-1543 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-1854

Affected Products

Mandriva Linux 2008.1

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages :
http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/security-announce/2008-08/msg00009.php

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2358
http://archives.mandrivalinux.com/security-announce/2008-08/msg00009.php

ChangeLog

2008-08-13 : Initial release

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