Security update for Linux kernel
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(Last modified: 08JAN2004)
solutions Security update for Linux kernel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (c2615956ff26a66e16ad0be5a430f85e)
SuSE Firewall on CD 2
Package: fw2_live
Release: 20040108
Obsoletes: e47bc3391fc58813fc82de8b39d68d43
- Paul Starzetz of iSEC reported a vulnerability in the mremap system call, which allows local attackers to crash the machine, and even to obtain super user privileges under some circumstances. This update fixes the vulnerability.
For more information see the suse-security-announce mailing list, its archive on
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/
or also our security fix summary on
http://www.suse.de/en/support/security/
rpm -Uvh fw2_live.rpmAfter having installed the RPM you will find a bzip2 compressed ISO image of the new CD in
fwlivecd-2.0.9-1.iso.bz2 on your system. Uncompress that file with bzip2 -d /opt/fas/iso/fwlivecd-2.0.9-1.iso.bz2and write it onto a fresh CDR using the program of your choice. An example command line for cdrecord may look like this:
cdrecord dev=0,4,0 -v -eject -speed=4 /opt/fas/iso/fwlivecd-2.0.9-1.isoPlease adjust the values for dev and speed according to your system.
The documentation directory
/usr/share/doc/packages/fw2_live contains a the FWCD-release file as well as file and package lists and documentation of packages used.|
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