Fedora update for kernel
Release Date : 2010-12-24
Criticality level : Moderately critical
Impact: Exposure of system information
Privilege escalation
DoS
Where : From remote
Solution Status : Vendor Patch
Operating System: Fedora 13
Description:
Fedora has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some weaknesses and vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose system information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and gain escalated privileges, and by malicious people to cause a DoS.
1) An error within the SCTP implementation when handling HMAC calculations can be exploited to cause a crash by sending specially crafted network traffic.
mod, dos, rem
Solution:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update kernel").
Original Advisory:
FEDORA-2010-18983:
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