Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58926
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2007:0595
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2007:0595. The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. These new kernel packages contain a fix for the following security issue: * a flaw in the signal handling on PowerPC-based systems that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (floating point corruption). (CVE-2007-3107, Moderate). In addition to the security issue described above, a fix for the following have been included: * a bug that can lead to data corruption with ServerWorks IDE controllers. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain backported patches 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-2007-0595.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate Risk factor : Medium CVSS Score: 2.1
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-3107 1018347 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018347 24845 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24845 25955 http://secunia.com/advisories/25955 25963 http://secunia.com/advisories/25963 26664 http://secunia.com/advisories/26664 27227 http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 28706 http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 37118 http://osvdb.org/37118 RHSA-2007:0595 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0595.html SUSE-SA:2007:051 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html SUSE-SA:2007:053 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html USN-574-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245580 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 kernel-htx-signal-dos(35383) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35383 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9936 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9936
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