CentOS ProjectCESA-2007:0595kernel security update
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.5%
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-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.
Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-July/076181.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-July/076182.html
Affected packages:
kernel
kernel-PAE
kernel-PAE-devel
kernel-devel
kernel-doc
kernel-headers
kernel-xen
kernel-xen-devel
Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0595
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS | 5 | i686 | kernel | <Β 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | kernel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 5 | i686 | kernel-devel | <Β 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 5 | noarch | kernel-doc | <Β 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | kernel-doc-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.noarch.rpm |
| CentOS | 5 | i386 | kernel-headers | <Β 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.i386.rpm |
| CentOS | 5 | i686 | kernel-pae | <Β 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | kernel-PAE-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 5 | i686 | kernel-pae-devel | <Β 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 5 | i686 | kernel-xen | <Β 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 5 | i686 | kernel-xen-devel | <Β 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.i686.rpm |
| CentOS | 5 | x86_64 | kernel | <Β 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | kernel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.x86_64.rpm |
| CentOS | 5 | x86_64 | kernel-devel | <Β 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 | kernel-devel-2.6.18-8.1.8.el5.x86_64.rpm |
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.5%