- Issued:
- 2008-02-12
- Updated:
- 2008-02-12
RHSA-2008:0129 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: kernel security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Topic
Updated kernel packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
Description
The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
A flaw was found in vmsplice. An unprivileged local user could use this
flaw to gain root privileges. (CVE-2008-0600)
Red Hat is aware that a public exploit for this issue is available. This
issue did not affect the Linux kernels distributed with Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 users are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.1 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.1 ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.1 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.1 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.1 ppc
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
Fixes
- BZ - 432251 - CVE-2008-0600 kernel vmsplice_to_pipe flaw
CVEs
References
Note:
More recent versions of these packages may be available.
Click a package name for more details.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| x86_64 | |
| kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 54b485bf7fe577a8765891fe9c1a624919cf6cdbfcf7bfd341b4d59196192cdf |
| kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2d10974a14407f6f3e729a643e98e49982f5092fb22d6619c9be3e21e4ed04f8 |
| kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5667f63b243de7809b177ac1d9f522242053878fa2fb2d8be63852f02867be33 |
| kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ff80eb6fb5c9e6cd0f3990fc18d4afbc609fc37419675cdff093d417c20a8ab5 |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
| kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 987c1bb224b03228a8a258a1a6e2af7bb723e87cd6c3fd394f2f4ce4a7360f89 |
| kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18782ac63bd94100cc82aa6b428cda9057c84461586d55cb875cada1ba3c8739 |
| kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2cd40f32b4e69255d5e2b88dbb0d56043204f70ca3e3f51fd85f9565fe644b81 |
| ia64 | |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
| i386 | |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| x86_64 | |
| kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 54b485bf7fe577a8765891fe9c1a624919cf6cdbfcf7bfd341b4d59196192cdf |
| kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2d10974a14407f6f3e729a643e98e49982f5092fb22d6619c9be3e21e4ed04f8 |
| kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5667f63b243de7809b177ac1d9f522242053878fa2fb2d8be63852f02867be33 |
| kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ff80eb6fb5c9e6cd0f3990fc18d4afbc609fc37419675cdff093d417c20a8ab5 |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
| kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 987c1bb224b03228a8a258a1a6e2af7bb723e87cd6c3fd394f2f4ce4a7360f89 |
| kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18782ac63bd94100cc82aa6b428cda9057c84461586d55cb875cada1ba3c8739 |
| kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2cd40f32b4e69255d5e2b88dbb0d56043204f70ca3e3f51fd85f9565fe644b81 |
| i386 | |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| x86_64 | |
| kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 54b485bf7fe577a8765891fe9c1a624919cf6cdbfcf7bfd341b4d59196192cdf |
| kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2d10974a14407f6f3e729a643e98e49982f5092fb22d6619c9be3e21e4ed04f8 |
| kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5667f63b243de7809b177ac1d9f522242053878fa2fb2d8be63852f02867be33 |
| kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ff80eb6fb5c9e6cd0f3990fc18d4afbc609fc37419675cdff093d417c20a8ab5 |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
| kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 987c1bb224b03228a8a258a1a6e2af7bb723e87cd6c3fd394f2f4ce4a7360f89 |
| kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18782ac63bd94100cc82aa6b428cda9057c84461586d55cb875cada1ba3c8739 |
| kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2cd40f32b4e69255d5e2b88dbb0d56043204f70ca3e3f51fd85f9565fe644b81 |
| i386 | |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| s390x | |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| ppc | |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| x86_64 | |
| kernel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 54b485bf7fe577a8765891fe9c1a624919cf6cdbfcf7bfd341b4d59196192cdf |
| kernel-debug-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2d10974a14407f6f3e729a643e98e49982f5092fb22d6619c9be3e21e4ed04f8 |
| kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5667f63b243de7809b177ac1d9f522242053878fa2fb2d8be63852f02867be33 |
| kernel-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: ff80eb6fb5c9e6cd0f3990fc18d4afbc609fc37419675cdff093d417c20a8ab5 |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
| kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 987c1bb224b03228a8a258a1a6e2af7bb723e87cd6c3fd394f2f4ce4a7360f89 |
| kernel-xen-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 18782ac63bd94100cc82aa6b428cda9057c84461586d55cb875cada1ba3c8739 |
| kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2cd40f32b4e69255d5e2b88dbb0d56043204f70ca3e3f51fd85f9565fe644b81 |
| i386 | |
| kernel-doc-2.6.18-53.1.13.el5.noarch.rpm | SHA-256: 6c334e72aecff3692df04d4532c727abd884e9f6049ce22e1e11c3f8ae5e6041 |
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