[BlueOnyx:02190] Re: New CentOS5 kernel available (important update)

[Jeff Folk]

Mine updated fine. Now if the network interfaces would stop flip- 
flopping when I reboot with a new kernel... Kind of annoying.

Jeff

On Aug 24, 2009, at 5:48 PM, Michael Stauber wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> With an unprecedented speed (same day as RedHat) the CentOS.org team  
> has
> released an updated CentOS5 kernel:
>
> 	kernel-2.6.18-128.7.1.el5
> 	http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-August/016062.html
>
> This updated kernel fixes two important security holes  
> ({CVE-2009-2698} and
> {CVE-2009-2692}) which could allow that a local unprivileged user  
> runs a
> denial of service attack against your server, or which could allow the
> attacker to gain root privileges.
>
> Additionally it fixes a potential memory leak.
>
> We recommend that you run "yum update" as soon as possible and then  
> also
> reboot your BlueOnyx so that the updated Kernel comes into effect.
>
> Users who already have installed our unofficial CentOS5 kernel from  
> the
> BlueOnyx testing repository (see message [BlueOnyx:02135]) should  
> also "yum
> update" and reboot.
>
> -- 
> With best regards
>
> Michael Stauber
>
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