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

Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Kernel Security Bypass and DoS Issues
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3342
CVE ID : CVE-2008-3528 - CVE-2008-4554 - CVE-2008-4576 - CVE-2008-4618 - CVE-2008-4933 - CVE-2008-4934 - CVE-2008-5025 - CVE-2008-5029 - CVE-2008-5134 - CVE-2008-5182 - CVE-2008-5300
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-12-05

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Debian, which could be exploited by attackers or malicious users to bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. These issues are caused by errors in Kernel. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2877 - VUPEN/ADV-2008-3005

Affected Products

Debian GNU/Linux etch

Solution

Debian GNU/Linux etch - Upgrade to linux-2.6.24 version 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3342
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00273.html

ChangeLog

2008-12-05 : Initial release

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