[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: kernel-3.11.1-300.fc20

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-16794
2013-09-15 17:23:05
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 3.11.1
Release     : 300.fc20
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
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:

Update to latest upstream stable release, Linux v3.11.1.  Includes fixes for CVE-2013-4343 and CVE-2013-4350
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1007872 - CVE-2013-4350 kernel: net: sctp: ipv6 ipsec encryption bug in sctp_v6_xmit
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007872
  [ 2 ] Bug #1007733 - CVE-2013-4343 Kernel: net: use-after-free TUNSETIFF
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007733
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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