FSA/FC6/FEDORA-2007-482

[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: kernel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2007-482
2007-05-01
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Product     : Fedora Core 6
Name        : kernel
Version     : 2.6.20
Release     : 1.2948.fc6
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:

Linux kernel 2.6.20.7
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.7
Previous kernel had most of this update already applied.

Linux kernel 2.6.20.8
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.8
Fixes CVE-2007-1861

Linux kernel 2.6.20.9
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.9
Fixes CVE-2007-2242

Linux kernel 2.6.20.10
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.10
Fixes two bugs introduced by the two previous updates.

CVE-2007-1861:
The netlink protocol has an infinite recursion bug that
allows users to cause a kernel crash.

CVE-2007-2242:
The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers
(IPV6_RTHDR_TYPE_0) that create network amplification
between two routers.


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* Fri Apr 27 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert redhat com>		1.2948
- 2.6.20.10 (from mailing list)
* Thu Apr 26 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert redhat com>		1.2947
- 2.6.20.8 (official)
- 2.6.20.9
* Wed Apr 25 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert redhat com>		1.2946
- 2.6.20.8
Patch taken from mailing list, not available elsewhere.
* Tue Apr 17 2007 Chuck Ebbert <cebbert redhat com>		1.2945
- 2.6.20.7

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This update can be downloaded from:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/

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This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program.  Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line.  For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/.
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