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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42189

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-11-12

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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 gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA35265
SA36707
SA37435
SA40965
SA41462

1) A vulnerability is caused due to a use-after-free error within the
"tcp_rcv_state_process()" function, which can be exploited to cause a
kernel crash by e.g. sending a specially crafted IPv6 packet to a
listening socket with the IPV6_RECVPKTINFO option enabled.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.

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ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2010-0882:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0882.html

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