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Sat, 22 Oct 2016 12:06:50 -0700
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Re: CVE-2016-5195: mad cow disease
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On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 10:58 AM, Andrew Z <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Pat and team,
> Do we have an estimate on the world shattering vulnerability  ?

As you are aware, this depends on how soon upstream (Red Hat) releases
the updated RHEL kernels. Here is one reply from a RH person:

" I apologize but we can't provide a time frame around releases for
security fixes. We are, as you mentioned, of course working diligently
to address this issue as quickly as possible."

https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2706661#comment-1111661

Akemi

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