Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54619
Category:	Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:	Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-12 (Kernel)
Summary:	The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200407-12.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200407-12. Vulnerability Insight: A flaw has been discovered in 2.6 series Linux kernels that allows an attacker to send a malformed TCP packet, causing the affected kernel to possibly enter an infinite loop and hang the vulnerable machine. Solution: Users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available sources for their system: # emerge sync # emerge -pv your-favorite-sources # emerge your-favorite-sources # # Follow usual procedure for compiling and installing a kernel. # # If you use genkernel, run genkernel as you would do normally. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0626 Bugtraq: 20040630 Remote DoS vulnerability in Linux kernel 2.6.x (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108861141304495&w=2 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2004:852 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000852 http://lwn.net/Articles/91964/ http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200407-12.xml SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2004:020 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_20_kernel.html XForce ISS Database: linux-tcpfindoption-dos(16554) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16554
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