[SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Update: kernel-2.6.16-1.2107_FC5

[Dave Jones]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2006-499
2006-05-03
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Product     : Fedora Core 5
Name        : kernel
Version     : 2.6.16                      
Release     : 1.2107_FC5                  
Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system:  memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.

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Update Information:

An update to the latest upstream -stable snapshot (2.6.16.13)

Among quite a few bug-fixes, are two security related fixes:

 Don't allow a backslash in a path component  (CVE-2006-1863)
 NETFILTER: SCTP conntrack: fix infinite loop (CVE-2006-1527)

Detailed changelogs of the last few point releases can be
found at:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.10
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.11
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.12
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.13

Fedora specific changelog detailed below.

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* Tue May  2 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com&gt; [2.6.16-1.2107_FC5]
- 2.6.16.13
* Mon May  1 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com&gt;
- 2.6.16.12
* Tue Apr 25 2006 David Woodhouse <dwmw2(a)redhat.com&gt;
- Use check_legacy_ioport() even on 32-bit PPC kernel
* Tue Apr 25 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com&gt;
- Enable DVB in the 586 kernel. (#188227)
- Fix up SCSI errors with mymusix usb mp3 player (#186187)
* Mon Apr 24 2006 Dave Jones <davej(a)redhat.com&gt;
- 2.6.16.11

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This update can be downloaded from:
  http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/

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i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.16-1.2107_FC5.i586.rpm
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i386/kernel-xen0-devel-2.6.16-1.2107_FC5.i686.rpm
261dc38a4577b00c7b9b5e9dc3c9a51cc4aca859  i386/kernel-xenU-2.6.16-1.2107_FC5.i686.rpm
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i386/kernel-xenU-devel-2.6.16-1.2107_FC5.i686.rpm
5c70d0fa635f0cff5ccaac38e8988fd0541cdd11  i386/kernel-kdump-2.6.16-1.2107_FC5.i686.rpm
107fbcaf87ba31e0dee2bf2e4c649f1b5b5a8768 
i386/kernel-kdump-devel-2.6.16-1.2107_FC5.i686.rpm
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i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.16-1.2107_FC5.i686.rpm
2c3a0afc60d68d47ec73590898473cd9156b9eac  i386/kernel-doc-2.6.16-1.2107_FC5.noarch.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program.  Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line.  For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/.
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