(RHSA-2008:0129) Important: kernel security update

2008-02-1200:00:00

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7.2 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

8.6%

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

A flaw was found in vmsplice. An unprivileged local user could use this
flaw to gain root privileges. (CVE-2008-0600)

Red Hat is aware that a public exploit for this issue is available. This
issue did not affect the Linux kernels distributed with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
RedHat5x86_64kernel-xen< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm
RedHat5ppc64kernel-kdump< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5kernel-kdump-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm
RedHat5ia64kernel< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm
RedHat5i686kernel-xen-devel< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm
RedHat5x86_64kernel-debug-devel< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm
RedHat5s390xkernel-debug-devel< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm
RedHat5ppc64kernel-devel< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm
RedHat5x86_64kernel-xen-devel< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm
RedHat5noarchkernel-doc< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm
RedHat5ia64kernel-xen-devel< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
RedHat	5	x86_64	kernel-xen	< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5	kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm
RedHat	5	ppc64	kernel-kdump	< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5	kernel-kdump-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm
RedHat	5	ia64	kernel	< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5	kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm
RedHat	5	i686	kernel-xen-devel	< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5	kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.i686.rpm
RedHat	5	x86_64	kernel-debug-devel	< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm
RedHat	5	s390x	kernel-debug-devel	< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5	kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.s390x.rpm
RedHat	5	ppc64	kernel-devel	< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5	kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ppc64.rpm
RedHat	5	x86_64	kernel-xen-devel	< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5	kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm
RedHat	5	noarch	kernel-doc	< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5	kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm
RedHat	5	ia64	kernel-xen-devel	< 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5	kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.ia64.rpm