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Another security hole found in Linux kernel

Feb 19, 2004 2:14AM PST

DATE: 19 Feb 2004

SOURCE: SearchEnterpriseLinux.com

A second serious vulnerability in the mremap system call found in the Linux kernel was discovered Wednesday and enterprises are urged to immediately update to new versions of the kernel or apply patches from their distributor.

The flaw was discovered in the 2.4 version of the kernel, however new 2.4 and 2.6 kernels were released yesterday to mitigate the problem. Attackers exploiting this problem could gain root system privileges or cause a denial-of-service on a flawed system.

http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid39_gci951284,00.html

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