RHSA-2008:0787High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

Published
January 5, 2009
Last Modified
November 21, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (13)

CVE-2006-4538 →CVE-2006-4814 →CVE-2007-2172 →CVE-2007-3848 →CVE-2007-4308 →CVE-2007-6063 →CVE-2007-6151 →CVE-2007-6206 →CVE-2008-0007 →CVE-2008-2136 →CVE-2008-3275 →CVE-2008-3525 →CVE-2008-4210 →

📋 Description

CVE-2006-4538 — kernel: Local DoS with corrupted ELF CVE-2006-4814 — kernel Race condition in mincore can cause "ps -ef" to hang CVE-2007-2172 — fib_semantics.c out of bounds access vulnerability CVE-2007-3848 — Privilege escalation via PR_SET_PDEATHSIG CVE-2007-4308 — kernel: Missing ioctl() permission checks in aacraid driver CVE-2007-6063 — Linux Kernel isdn_net_setcfg buffer overflow CVE-2007-6151 — I4L: fix isdn_ioctl memory issue CVE-2007-6206 — Issue with core dump owner CVE-2008-0007 — kernel: insufficient range checks in fault handlers with mremap CVE-2008-2136 — kernel: sit memory leak CVE-2008-3275 — Linux kernel local filesystem DoS CVE-2008-3525 — kernel: missing capability checks in sbni_ioctl() CVE-2008-4210 — kernel: open() call allows setgid bit when user is not in new file's group

🎯 Affected products12

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • kernel-0:2.4.18-e.67.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • kernel-0:2.4.18-e.67.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • kernel-0:2.4.18-e.67.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • kernel-0:2.4.18-e.67.src as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • kernel-doc-0:2.4.18-e.67.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • kernel-doc-0:2.4.18-e.67.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • kernel-smp-0:2.4.18-e.67.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • kernel-smp-0:2.4.18-e.67.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • kernel-source-0:2.4.18-e.67.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
  • kernel-source-0:2.4.18-e.67.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1

✅ Remediation

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/docs/DOC-11259

🔗 References (16)