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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38957

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38957/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and bypass certain security
restrictions, and by malicious people to cause a DoS.

For more information:
SA38133
SA38354

1) A vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
protected Virtual Dynamically-linked Shared Object pages during a
segfault of a 32-bit process on a 64-bit system, which can be
exploited to cause a kernel crash.

2) An error within the SCTP implementation can be exploited to cause
a kernel crash by sending specially crafted SCTP packets to a
vulnerable system.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Red Hat credits STMicroelectronics
2) Red Hat credits Telesys Software

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2010-0146:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0146.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38133:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38133/

SA38354:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38354/

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