RHSA-2008:0973High

Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update

Published
December 17, 2008
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (7)

CVE-2007-6063 →CVE-2008-0598 →CVE-2008-2136 →CVE-2008-2812 →CVE-2008-3275 →CVE-2008-3525 →CVE-2008-4210 →

📋 Description

CVE-2007-6063 — Linux Kernel isdn_net_setcfg buffer overflow CVE-2008-0598 — kernel: linux x86_64 ia32 emulation leaks uninitialized data CVE-2008-2136 — kernel: sit memory leak CVE-2008-2812 — kernel: NULL ptr dereference in multiple network drivers due to missing checks in tty code 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 products146

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.athlon as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.athlon as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.athlon as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.athlon as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.ia32e as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.ia32e as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.ia32e as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.ia32e as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.ppc64iseries as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.ppc64pseries as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3
  • kernel-0:2.4.21-58.EL.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3
  • +116 more not shown

✅ 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 (11)