Security update for Linux kernel
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(Last modified: 10FEB2004)
solutions Security update for Linux kernel SuSE Linux Maintenance Web (e99e0bf873ed99011fadda29134213da)
Release: 20040210
Obsoletes: none
from local denial-of-service to local root access:
ncpfs
/ncp_lookup
: buffer overflow with the possibility to gainroot
privileges. (CAN-2004-0010)execve()
: malformed elf binaries can lead to a local denial-of-service attack.mremap()
: a new bug found by Paul Starzetz that can lead to local root access. (CAN-2004-0077)
rpm -Fvh k_deflt.rpm
If you need the kernel sources you can install them by using the command:
rpm -Uvh kernel-source.rpm
Finally, reboot the system with
shutdown -r now
to load the new kernel (replace "
now
" with the appropriate amount of time to allow local users to cleanly log out, for example "+5
" for five minutes.) Download Source Packages
Download the source code of the patches for maintained products.
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