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Synopsis: Important: kernel security and bug fix update
Issue date: 2007-05-16
CVE Names: CVE-2007-1496 CVE-2007-1497 CVE-2007-1592
CVE-2007-1861 CVE-2007-2172 CVE-2007-2242
These new kernel packages contain fixes for the following security issues:
* a flaw in the handling of IPv6 type 0 routing headers that allowed
remote users to cause a denial of service that led to a network
amplification between two routers (CVE-2007-2242, Important).
* a flaw in the nfnetlink_log netfilter module that allowed a local user
to cause a denial of service (CVE-2007-1496, Important).
* a flaw in the flow list of listening IPv6 sockets that allowed a local
user to cause a denial of service (CVE-2007-1592, Important).
* a flaw in the handling of netlink messages that allowed a local user
to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion) (CVE-2007-1861,
Important).
* a flaw in the IPv4 forwarding base that allowed a local user to cause
an out-of-bounds access (CVE-2007-2172, Important).
* a flaw in the nf_conntrack netfilter module for IPv6 that allowed
remote users to bypass certain netfilter rules using IPv6 fragments
(CVE-2007-1497, Moderate).
In addition to the security issues described above, fixes for the
following have been included:
* a regression in ipv6 routing.
* an error in memory initialization that caused gdb to output inaccurate
backtraces on ia64.
* the nmi watchdog timeout was updated from 5 to 30 seconds.
* a flaw in distributed lock management that could result in errors
during virtual machine migration.
* an omitted include in kernel-headers that led to compile failures for
some packages.
SRPMS:
kernel-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.src.rpm
i386:
kernel-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-doc-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.noarch.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.i386.rpm
kernel-PAE-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
Dependancies:
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-2.6.3-1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5PAE-2.6.3-1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-2.6.3-1.el5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-1.2.0-1.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5PAE-1.2.0-1.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-1.2.0-1.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-0.9.3-10.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5PAE-0.9.3-10.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-0.9.3-10.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-0.9.3-10.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5PAE-0.9.3-10.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-0.9.3-10.sl5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5PAE-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-1.41-1.SL.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-1.4.4-42.SL5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5PAE-1.4.4-42.SL5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-1.4.4-42.SL5.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-1.05-1.sl.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5PAE-1.05-1.sl.i686.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-1.05-1.sl.i686.rpm
kmod-gfs-0.1.16-5.2.6.18_8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kmod-gfs-PAE-0.1.16-5.2.6.18_8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.16-5.2.6.18_8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kmod-gnbd-0.1.3-4.2.6.18_8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kmod-gnbd-PAE-0.1.3-4.2.6.18_8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
kmod-gnbd-xen-0.1.3-4.2.6.18_8.1.4.el5.i686.rpm
x86_64:
kernel-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-debuginfo-common-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-debuginfo-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
Dependancies:
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-2.6.3-1.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-fuse-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-2.6.3-1.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-1.2.0-1.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-1.2.0-1.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-0.9.3-10.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-0.9.3-10.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-0.9.3-10.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-0.9.3-10.sl5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-1.41-1.SL.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-1.4.4-42.SL5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-1.4.4-42.SL5.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5-1.05-1.sl.x86_64.rpm
kernel-module-r1000-2.6.18-8.1.4.el5xen-1.05-1.sl.x86_64.rpm
kmod-gfs-0.1.16-5.2.6.18_8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.16-5.2.6.18_8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kmod-gnbd-0.1.3-4.2.6.18_8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
kmod-gnbd-xen-0.1.3-4.2.6.18_8.1.4.el5.x86_64.rpm
-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson
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