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TITLE:
SUSE update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43056

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-01-25

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

For more information:
SA42035
SA42372

1) An error withing the Econet protocol implementation can be
exploited to cause a stack overflow by sending specially crafted
network traffic.

2) An error within the "econet_sendmsg()" function in
net/econet/af_econet.c when handling remote addresses can be
exploited to cause a crash.

3) An error within the "ec_dev_ioctl()" function in
net/econet/af_econet.c incorrectly enforces access restriction, which
can be exploited to assign an Econet address to arbitrary interfaces.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

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ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SA:2011:005:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html

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