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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52713
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:294
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2005:294.

This is the fifth regular kernel update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

New features introduced by this update include:

- support for 2-TB partitions on block devices
- support for new disk, network, and USB devices
- support for clustered APIC mode on AMD64 NUMA systems
- netdump support on AMD64, Intel EM64T, Itanium, and ppc64 systems
- diskdump support on sym53c8xx and SATA piix/promise adapters
- NMI switch support on AMD64 and Intel EM64T systems

There were many bug fixes in various parts of the kernel. The ongoing
effort to resolve these problems has resulted in a marked improvement
in the reliability and scalability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

A number of other bugfixes have been made and device drivers
upgraded. For a more detailed description, please visit the
referenced security advisory.

Note: The kernel-unsupported package contains various drivers and modules
that are unsupported and therefore might contain security problems that
have not been addressed.

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade their
kernels to the packages associated with their machine architectures
and configurations as listed in this erratum.

Solution:
Please note that this update is available via
Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red
Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-294.html

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
2.1

Cross-Ref: BugTraq ID: 13680
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0757
13680
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13680
18056
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
18059
http://secunia.com/advisories/18059
DSA-921
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
DSA-922
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
RHSA-2005:294
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-294.html
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11406
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11406
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