[SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Test Update: kernel-2.6.17-1.2159_FC5
Farkas Levente
lfarkas at bppiac.hu
Tue Jul 18 11:28:52 UTC 2006
Dave Jones wrote:
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> Fedora Test Update Notification
> FEDORA-2006-816
> 2006-07-17
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>
> Product : Fedora Core 5
> Name : kernel
> Version : 2.6.17
> Release : 1.2159_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:
>
> Update to 2.6.17.6, which fixes a local root vulnerability
> in the /proc filesystem. This vulnerability isn't thought to
> be possible to exploit on Fedora systems with SELinux enabled.
> Additionally, the exploit for this vulnerability relies upon
> a.out support, which the Fedora kernel has disabled.
> Regardless, this update has been made available in case
> other attack vectors become apparent.
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still not boot on my system and hang after "redhat nash version..." the
latest version was 1.2133 which is still boot none of the later
versions:-( any change to be able to get a new kernel which is working.
afais there are many bugzilla entry about it.
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Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"
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