Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2007:0672.
The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.
These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described below:
* a flaw in IPv6 flow label handling that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (crash). (CVE-2007-1592, Important)
* a flaw in the ISDN CAPI subsystem that allowed a remote user to cause a denial of service or potential privilege escalation. (CVE-2007-1217, Moderate)
* a flaw in the Bluetooth subsystem that allowed a local user to trigger an information leak. (CVE-2007-1353, Low)
* various flaws in the supported filesystems that allowed a local privileged user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-6054, CVE-2006-6058, Low)
Red Hat would like to thank Ilja van Sprundel for reporting an issue fixed in this erratum.
All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to these updated packages, which contain backported fixes to correct these issues.
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-2007-0672.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score: 6.9
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