Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kernel (MDKSA-2006:040)

A number of vulnerabilities were discovered and corrected in the Linux 2.6 kernel : The udpv6getport function in udp.c, when running IPv6, allows local users to cause a Denial of Service infinite loop and crash CVE-2005-2973. The mqopen system call in certain situations can decrement a counter...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel 2.2 and 2.4

Syncookies are used to protect a system against certain Denial Of Service DOS attacks. A flaw in this mechanism has been found which can be used to circumvent certain types of firewall configurations. Note: syncookies are not enabled in the default installation of Red Hat Linux but many server...