Description: | Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2010:0504.
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system.
For details on the security issues addressed in this update, please visit the referenced security advisories.
Red Hat would like to thank Jukka Taimisto and Olli Jarva of Codenomicon Ltd, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Wind River on behalf of their customer, for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1173 Mario Mikocevic for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1436 and Dan Rosenberg for responsibly reporting CVE-2010-1641.
This update also fixes several bugs. Documentation for these bug fixes will be available shortly from http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/errata/RHSA-2010-0504/Kernel_Security_Upda te/index.html
Users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.
Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0504.html http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-31052 http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/errata/RHSA-2010-0504/Kernel_Security_Update/index.html
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score: 7.8
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