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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2007:0085 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2007-02-27
Updated:
2007-02-27

RHSA-2007:0085 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Important: kernel security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

Updated kernel packages that fix two security issues and a bug in the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

These new kernel packages contain fixes for two security issues:

  • a flaw in the key serial number collision avoidance algorithm of the

keyctl subsystem that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service
(CVE-2007-0006, Important)

  • a flaw in the file watch implementation of the audit subsystems that

allowed a local user to cause a denial of service (panic). To exploit this
flaw a privileged user must have previously created a watch for a file
(CVE-2007-0001, Moderate)

In addition to the security issues described above, a fix for the SCTP
subsystem to address a system crash which may be experienced in Telco
environments has been included.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to
the packages associated with their machine architecture and configurations
as listed in this erratum.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 223129 - CVE-2007-0001 kernel panic watching /etc/passwd
  • BZ - 223818 - kernel panic in sctp module
  • BZ - 227495 - CVE-2007-0006 Key serial number collision problem

CVEs

  • CVE-2007-0001
  • CVE-2007-0006

References

  • http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.src.rpm SHA-256: 19dd4ecaf263075eb4c3969477da7fe99069714afce174360685f09d05d74d7a
x86_64
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1b2e3172aa5b5b9c6997aa75dd2b39b493dc37764fdc61b6754b72d83084fa6
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1b2e3172aa5b5b9c6997aa75dd2b39b493dc37764fdc61b6754b72d83084fa6
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d1ecb0cb49b729c05b4206198b774ddd063806c0ce7dba98b1559f36ea6f4d06
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d1ecb0cb49b729c05b4206198b774ddd063806c0ce7dba98b1559f36ea6f4d06
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f637a36cd87976d3c08739826ab31b0d18970735cd802d72a077dc594789e9d2
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f637a36cd87976d3c08739826ab31b0d18970735cd802d72a077dc594789e9d2
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ba5303a707e23fc0b4f94c5b3d10c4dad2ec3a34c98af9db36b86346d1d258a9
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ba5303a707e23fc0b4f94c5b3d10c4dad2ec3a34c98af9db36b86346d1d258a9
kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60caf46be50bd6428d0886fb923fdd6b16546f25cc84875f4ce0e2846a542833
kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60caf46be50bd6428d0886fb923fdd6b16546f25cc84875f4ce0e2846a542833
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcaba26ad94edac3622a374e139b906e1e9e6b8d8d1031e28e858aff20f3a4b7
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcaba26ad94edac3622a374e139b906e1e9e6b8d8d1031e28e858aff20f3a4b7
ia64
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 9f34b417dfdbd162f52cdb78eb7d57ed8bb74d29030727d0e67b15778c06add8
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 9f34b417dfdbd162f52cdb78eb7d57ed8bb74d29030727d0e67b15778c06add8
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 72aa6a6a35ec2ab31c1c598c39ba8badc829666355258c7629e81af2f0806910
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 72aa6a6a35ec2ab31c1c598c39ba8badc829666355258c7629e81af2f0806910
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f007e4cb754f27f3accbcbdde31078665a6e05bdce3940a25bcd005c16989c89
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f007e4cb754f27f3accbcbdde31078665a6e05bdce3940a25bcd005c16989c89
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 48fed5db7fa709700b1cff188c56d83f55fe9ca53055acfe1092324ef8f742f0
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 48fed5db7fa709700b1cff188c56d83f55fe9ca53055acfe1092324ef8f742f0
i386
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: b73e3889a3d74f83f04639e6b9240bbd2c9b85d36281f67f04c1439c30a264c4
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: b73e3889a3d74f83f04639e6b9240bbd2c9b85d36281f67f04c1439c30a264c4
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: a566b44a29caff90a9562d05f2aa636453d5cc3c911001c2bea7e855dabb551b
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: a566b44a29caff90a9562d05f2aa636453d5cc3c911001c2bea7e855dabb551b
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 91077f195ef71e5563082eab6a25db6934f9cd9e167abfc11f4ab051aec8e05d
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 91077f195ef71e5563082eab6a25db6934f9cd9e167abfc11f4ab051aec8e05d
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7141cc36db3922a26bd7987b90b99e372335e35e362d408d67e9ae18dc497d98
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7141cc36db3922a26bd7987b90b99e372335e35e362d408d67e9ae18dc497d98
kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: f24239100ba6edda68ffa4b54b90ff833ddd929c4eda3a5a68ecccb2264bd448
kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: f24239100ba6edda68ffa4b54b90ff833ddd929c4eda3a5a68ecccb2264bd448
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 79addf778f0263bd60080ecb71572d1f457a27f0df7436d3cebb141523bfcbbc
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 79addf778f0263bd60080ecb71572d1f457a27f0df7436d3cebb141523bfcbbc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.src.rpm SHA-256: 19dd4ecaf263075eb4c3969477da7fe99069714afce174360685f09d05d74d7a
x86_64
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1b2e3172aa5b5b9c6997aa75dd2b39b493dc37764fdc61b6754b72d83084fa6
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d1ecb0cb49b729c05b4206198b774ddd063806c0ce7dba98b1559f36ea6f4d06
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f637a36cd87976d3c08739826ab31b0d18970735cd802d72a077dc594789e9d2
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ba5303a707e23fc0b4f94c5b3d10c4dad2ec3a34c98af9db36b86346d1d258a9
kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60caf46be50bd6428d0886fb923fdd6b16546f25cc84875f4ce0e2846a542833
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcaba26ad94edac3622a374e139b906e1e9e6b8d8d1031e28e858aff20f3a4b7
ia64
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 9f34b417dfdbd162f52cdb78eb7d57ed8bb74d29030727d0e67b15778c06add8
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 72aa6a6a35ec2ab31c1c598c39ba8badc829666355258c7629e81af2f0806910
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: f007e4cb754f27f3accbcbdde31078665a6e05bdce3940a25bcd005c16989c89
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 48fed5db7fa709700b1cff188c56d83f55fe9ca53055acfe1092324ef8f742f0
i386
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: b73e3889a3d74f83f04639e6b9240bbd2c9b85d36281f67f04c1439c30a264c4
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: a566b44a29caff90a9562d05f2aa636453d5cc3c911001c2bea7e855dabb551b
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 91077f195ef71e5563082eab6a25db6934f9cd9e167abfc11f4ab051aec8e05d
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7141cc36db3922a26bd7987b90b99e372335e35e362d408d67e9ae18dc497d98
kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: f24239100ba6edda68ffa4b54b90ff833ddd929c4eda3a5a68ecccb2264bd448
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 79addf778f0263bd60080ecb71572d1f457a27f0df7436d3cebb141523bfcbbc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.src.rpm SHA-256: 19dd4ecaf263075eb4c3969477da7fe99069714afce174360685f09d05d74d7a
x86_64
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b1b2e3172aa5b5b9c6997aa75dd2b39b493dc37764fdc61b6754b72d83084fa6
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d1ecb0cb49b729c05b4206198b774ddd063806c0ce7dba98b1559f36ea6f4d06
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: f637a36cd87976d3c08739826ab31b0d18970735cd802d72a077dc594789e9d2
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: ba5303a707e23fc0b4f94c5b3d10c4dad2ec3a34c98af9db36b86346d1d258a9
kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 60caf46be50bd6428d0886fb923fdd6b16546f25cc84875f4ce0e2846a542833
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bcaba26ad94edac3622a374e139b906e1e9e6b8d8d1031e28e858aff20f3a4b7
i386
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: b73e3889a3d74f83f04639e6b9240bbd2c9b85d36281f67f04c1439c30a264c4
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: a566b44a29caff90a9562d05f2aa636453d5cc3c911001c2bea7e855dabb551b
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 91077f195ef71e5563082eab6a25db6934f9cd9e167abfc11f4ab051aec8e05d
kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 7141cc36db3922a26bd7987b90b99e372335e35e362d408d67e9ae18dc497d98
kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: f24239100ba6edda68ffa4b54b90ff833ddd929c4eda3a5a68ecccb2264bd448
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.i686.rpm SHA-256: 79addf778f0263bd60080ecb71572d1f457a27f0df7436d3cebb141523bfcbbc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.src.rpm SHA-256: 19dd4ecaf263075eb4c3969477da7fe99069714afce174360685f09d05d74d7a
s390x
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.s390x.rpm SHA-256: d572cbbf0130a79ccd169b472f0bccc5ceb2b482dfc1f6c2bbd247d7fbdddf6e
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e8381427449cb925abc629a4969591f320cbbdf729ddcb86f9e6d073919317b0
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
s390
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.s390.rpm SHA-256: e5f36771a2f2645b79afa0785c478955df7235c17b993939bb21d919dfadec78
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.s390.rpm SHA-256: 7e4a55e1e17683a852944852ca782bb0151e02891211491b9b63a665aa0e124a
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.src.rpm SHA-256: 19dd4ecaf263075eb4c3969477da7fe99069714afce174360685f09d05d74d7a
ppc
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 6c447e5087783710eb0e27b888beece03481849aea759d58ce953bf67b89effd
kernel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm SHA-256: cd57ae06c62dc92051c135fa13407ecfe07d488c7d93fbec3457956dd03f812f
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 3f7d678f228552cbdc1ed1095bb25bdc5254dd478cf1db22512f4a1bfff0e549
kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm SHA-256: a99928d3d615267388787ca14aa1989add591be06e06fcf29c371a815d0bfbe0
kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.noarch.rpm SHA-256: 41af12dd139de7097490b4dda6ac344b19db645b10dadd0dd610c236d33cf18e
kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: bf6c0a7213fb7cb1986bc7d9e1b1773f93686a7c0a04340f7027d36e70281119
kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.10.EL.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 5a00196a38c65bd4e01700e98082dc08fa971eaa62b3447bca0205ebb74b71e9

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