[SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Test Update: kernel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4

[Dave Jones]

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Fedora Test Update Notification
FEDORA-2006-815
2006-07-17
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Product     : Fedora Core 4
Name        : kernel
Version     : 2.6.17
Release     : 1.2143_FC4
Summary     : The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system)
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system:  memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.

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Update Information:

Update to 2.6.17.6, which fixes a local root vulnerability
in the /proc filesystem. This vulnerability isn't thought to
be possible to exploit on Fedora systems with SELinux enabled.
Additionally, the exploit for this vulnerability relies upon
a.out support, which the Fedora kernel has disabled.
Regardless, this update has been made available in case
other attack vectors become apparent.
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* Sat Jul 15 2006 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com> [2.6.17-1.2143_FC4]
- 2.6.17.6

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This update can be downloaded from:
    http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/4/

8fc13b297a95856ef5f0ec110ce21fdf815a7554  SRPMS/kernel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.src.rpm
8fc13b297a95856ef5f0ec110ce21fdf815a7554  noarch/kernel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.src.rpm
0434fadfee1a92ce8c733e1acde288ba4ac26756  ppc/kernel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.ppc.rpm
64885c500a181fa53fe7f575559793dcc63efe05  ppc/kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.ppc.rpm
e82990ee252d507fe81a361989deac0c3e09edd5  ppc/kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.ppc.rpm
8a2028083b5d8effd0ef0a05d09ae18dd2c0621e  ppc/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.ppc.rpm
ac6e8ee75c2228b2eac17cfa7f908c218f727724  ppc/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.ppc.rpm
edb3a3c490baa82b96e06b8012e915e5c791b7ed  ppc/kernel-doc-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.noarch.rpm
2c7d6cba9ab6b794c0efc4e5cf0ea8519f75319a  x86_64/kernel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.x86_64.rpm
2fc06f1c377b10cede954af48e514651446aabe4  x86_64/kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.x86_64.rpm
b8ae6bde725061e1ba9f93f044c9adc1df53fb2e  x86_64/kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.x86_64.rpm
defaf5d5cebf4c12f0ecc4bd04b3c755adbf016a  x86_64/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.x86_64.rpm
f05210261b6602cbb6d9bc4575ffe365b21a1e25  x86_64/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.x86_64.rpm
edb3a3c490baa82b96e06b8012e915e5c791b7ed  x86_64/kernel-doc-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.noarch.rpm
32b24fa719b7156ee8d87e4410320f6be62b9656  i386/kernel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.i586.rpm
e1ed3580773d863f33c11e479c1df2b11a75cca0  i386/kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.i586.rpm
c3d9c30085dc0c167851dd547765fd8dd655345d  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.i586.rpm
499b108aa8201b70b7634eb8d5e3db138e992eac  i386/kernel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.i686.rpm
ba52bd69d27c033a72c9ef7d43bc444a71f3863a  i386/kernel-devel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.i686.rpm
21c511e143789e4ac5671b79407a01d9a5a78226  i386/kernel-smp-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.i686.rpm
330bb58e00d0abeb8399484c66d2631fa343253f  i386/kernel-smp-devel-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.i686.rpm
d60a0ded2abafe54e497943dc2d0eb155285df9c  i386/debug/kernel-debuginfo-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.i686.rpm
edb3a3c490baa82b96e06b8012e915e5c791b7ed  i386/kernel-doc-2.6.17-1.2143_FC4.noarch.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program.  Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line.  For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/.
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