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TITLE:
Red Hat update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA49733

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/49733/
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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49733

RELEASE DATE:
2012-06-27

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/49733/#comments

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http://secunia.com/advisories/49733/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=49733

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DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes multiple
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to
potentially gain escalated privileges and cause a DoS (Denial of
Service), by malicious, local users in a guest virtual machine to
cause a DoS (Denial of Service), and by malicious people to
compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA47431
SA47486
SA47488
SA48404

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
RHSA-2012:1042-1:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1042.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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