FSA/FC6/FEDORA-2007-482

[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: kernel-2.6.20-1.2948.fc6
- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2007-482 2007-05-01 -

Product    : Fedora Core 6 Name       : kernel Version    : 2.6.20 Release    : 1.2948.fc6 Summary    : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system) Description : The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any Linux operating system. The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc.

- Update Information:

Linux kernel 2.6.20.7 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.7 Previous kernel had most of this update already applied.

Linux kernel 2.6.20.8 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.8 Fixes CVE-2007-1861

Linux kernel 2.6.20.9 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.9 Fixes CVE-2007-2242

Linux kernel 2.6.20.10 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.20.10 Fixes two bugs introduced by the two previous updates.

CVE-2007-1861: The netlink protocol has an infinite recursion bug that allows users to cause a kernel crash.

CVE-2007-2242: The IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers (IPV6_RTHDR_TYPE_0) that create network amplification between two routers.

- - 2.6.20.10 (from mailing list) - 2.6.20.8 (official) - 2.6.20.9 - 2.6.20.8 Patch taken from mailing list, not available elsewhere. - 2.6.20.7
 * Fri Apr 27 2007 Chuck Ebbert 		1.2948
 * Thu Apr 26 2007 Chuck Ebbert 		1.2947
 * Wed Apr 25 2007 Chuck Ebbert 		1.2946
 * Tue Apr 17 2007 Chuck Ebbert 		1.2945

- This update can be downloaded from: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/6/

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This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/. -