| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2004:066.
The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating
system.
Paul Starzetz discovered a flaw in return value checking in mremap() in the
Linux kernel versions 2.4.24 and previous that may allow a local attacker
to gain root privileges. No exploit is currently available
however this
issue is exploitable. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
(cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0077 to this issue.
All users are advised to upgrade to these errata packages, which contain
backported security patches that correct these issues.
Red Hat would like to thank Paul Starzetz from ISEC for reporting this issue.
For the IBM S/390 and IBM eServer zSeries architectures, the upstream
version of the s390utils package (which fixes a big in the zipl
bootloader) is also included.
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-2004-066.html
http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/s390-tools-1.2.4-june2003.shtml
http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/s390-tools-1.2.3-june2003.shtml
http://www10.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/linux390/s390-tools-1.2.2-june2003.shtml
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score:
7.2
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