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TITLE:
SUSE update for kernel

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA32953

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32953/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
http://secunia.com/advisories/product/12192/

DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes a security
issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain
escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA25895

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1 DEBUGINFO for IPF

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=c64c3127a749eb3bf1d187c390d83ddd

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=071cab5872c061a4f28b18d8d26bc30f

SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1 DEBUGINFO for IBM zSeries 64bit

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=294774a255d9ec5370214470848ee464

SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1 DEBUGINFO for IBM POWER

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=6726b0f3137eb3e824427c6f7939d505

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=c64c3127a749eb3bf1d187c390d83ddd

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=071cab5872c061a4f28b18d8d26bc30f

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=294774a255d9ec5370214470848ee464

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=6726b0f3137eb3e824427c6f7939d505

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=6563e0fef0e3aaea9817bd1066fc41ed

SLE SDK 10 SP1

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=c64c3127a749eb3bf1d187c390d83ddd

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=071cab5872c061a4f28b18d8d26bc30f

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=6726b0f3137eb3e824427c6f7939d505

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=6563e0fef0e3aaea9817bd1066fc41ed

SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP1 DEBUGINFO

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=c64c3127a749eb3bf1d187c390d83ddd

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=071cab5872c061a4f28b18d8d26bc30f

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=6726b0f3137eb3e824427c6f7939d505

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=6563e0fef0e3aaea9817bd1066fc41ed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=071cab5872c061a4f28b18d8d26bc30f

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=6563e0fef0e3aaea9817bd1066fc41ed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1 for x86

http://download.novell.com/index.jsp?search=Search&keywords=6563e0fef0e3aaea9817bd1066fc41ed

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SA:2008:056:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25895:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25895/

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