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Linux kernel has multiple flaws
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Contributed by Chad Brandt
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Thursday, 22 July 2004
Users are advised to update their systems against multiple denial-of-service and permission vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel that could be exploited by an attacker. Gentoo said the flaws are "high impact.""The set of vulnerabilities ranges from DOS issues to overflows which can
possibly be used to read kernel memory," Gentoo Linux X86 Core and Kernel Team
member Tim Yamin said in an e-mail. "My main advice is to keep one's kernel
secure and updated to avoid security bugs."
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