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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69214
Category:Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2011:0329
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory RHSA-2011:0329.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.

This update fixes the following security issue:

* A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's RPC server sockets
implementation. A remote attacker could use this flaw to trigger a denial
of service by sending a corrupted packet to a target system.
(CVE-2011-0714, Important)

Red Hat would like to thank Adam Prince for reporting this issue.

Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported
patch to correct this issue. The system must be rebooted for this update to
take effect.

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-2011-0329.html

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
5.7

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-0714
RHSA-2011:0329
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0329.html
[oss-security] 20110308 CVE-2011-0714 kernel: deficiency in handling of invalid data packets in lockd
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/08/17
[oss-security] 20110309 Re: CVE-2011-0714 kernel: deficiency in handling of invalid data packets in lockd
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/09/1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678144
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