[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: kernel-xen-2.6-2.6.21-2957.fc8

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-1433
2008-02-13 04:08:37
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Name        : kernel-xen-2.6
Product     : Fedora 8
Version     : 2.6.21
Release     : 2957.fc8
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
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:

CVE-2008-0600 fix (bug #432517)
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Feb 12 2008 Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost at redhat.com>
- CVE-2008-0600 fix (bug #432517)
* Sat Feb  2 2008 Daniel Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
- Really turn on pciback module for x86_64
* Fri Feb  1 2008 Daniel Berrange <berrange at redhat.com>
- Turn on pciback module for PCI passthrough on x86_64 (rhbz #388041)
* Mon Nov 19 2007 Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost at redhat.com>
- Re-add xen-hypervisor-abi provides. It was lost on the spec resync
  (problem detected on updates-testing)
* Mon Nov 12 2007 Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost at redhat.com>
- Pull RPM spec changes from non-xen kernel
  - Enabled -debuginfo packages (bug #336351)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #432517 - Vulnerability to CVE-2008-0600 (vmsplice)
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432517
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update kernel-xen-2.6' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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