RHSA-2006:0689-01 Important: kernel security update

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A new update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Here the announcement:



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: kernel security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2006:0689-01
Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
Issue date: 2006-10-05
Updated on: 2006-10-05
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Keywords: nahant kernel update
Obsoletes: RHSA-2006:0617
CVE Names: CVE-2005-4811 CVE-2006-0039 CVE-2006-2071
CVE-2006-3741 CVE-2006-4093 CVE-2006-4535
CVE-2006-4623 CVE-2006-4997
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1. Summary:

Updated kernel packages that fix several security issues in the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4 kernel are now available.

This security advisory has been rated as having important security impact
by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

3. Problem description:

The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system.

These new kernel packages contain fixes for the security issues described
below:

* a flaw in the SCTP support that allowed a local user to cause a denial of
service (crash) with a specific SO_LINGER value. (CVE-2006-4535, Important)

* a flaw in the hugepage table support that allowed a local user to cause a
denial of service (crash). (CVE-2005-4811, Important)

* a flaw in the mprotect system call that allowed setting write permission
for a read-only attachment of shared memory. (CVE-2006-2071, Moderate)

* a flaw in HID0[31] (en_attn) register handling on PowerPC 970 systems
that allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (crash)
(CVE-2006-4093, Moderate)

* a flaw in the perfmon support of Itanium systems that allowed a local
user to cause a denial of service by consuming all file descriptors.
(CVE-2006-3741, Moderate)

* a flaw in the ATM subsystem. On systems with installed ATM hardware and
configured ATM support, a remote user could cause a denial of service
(panic) by accessing socket buffers memory after freeing them.
(CVE-2006-4997, Moderate)

* a flaw in the DVB subsystem. On systems with installed DVB hardware and
configured DVB support, a remote user could cause a denial of service
(panic) by sending a ULE SNDU packet with length of 0. (CVE-2006-4623, Low)

* an information leak in the network subsystem that possibly allowed a
local user to read sensitive data from kernel memory. (CVE-2006-0039, Low)

In addition, two bugfixes for the IPW-2200 wireless driver were included.
The first one ensures that wireless management applications correctly
identify IPW-2200 controlled devices, while the second fix ensures that
DHCP requests using the IPW-2200 operate correctly.

Red Hat would like to thank Olof Johansson, Stephane Eranian and Solar
Designer for reporting issues fixed in this erratum.

All Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 users are advised to upgrade their kernels
to the packages associated with their machine architectures and
configurations as listed in this erratum.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

165345 - CVE-2005-4811 Hugepage crash on failing mmap()
190073 - CVE-2006-2071 mprotect gives write permission to a readonly attachment
191698 - CVE-2006-0039 netfilter do_add_counters race
198820 - IPW2200 /proc/net/wireless file fields are empty
201684 - CVE-2006-4093 Local DoS through uncleared HID0[31]
203421 - Grabbing DHCP address via wireless not always successful
204360 - CVE-2006-3741 sys_perfmonctl() file descriptor reference count issue
204460 - CVE-2006-4535 Regression with fix for SCTP abort issue
204912 - CVE-2006-4623 Wrong handling of DVB ULE SNDU with length of 0
206265 - CVE-2006-4997 IP over ATM clip_mkip dereference freed pointer

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4AS/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm
c37a516dd84b1cf30988733b80cdde78 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm

i386:
97c7b0d569b80ea7a86ad7181655b394 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
3ce48424de3cf73b639fa058c7d286bb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
ce6b4e0e36cff5d1d6c2fa354543bb07 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
6a8b8167ddef9ddfe724401da165c4cf kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
5a6aea58f763dafecec369d68f5b0b80 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
beae36ad8d86d16bed5fda24c1365e51 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
0ac9f3738ac9180a1fa4fcc37c88a1ee kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm

ia64:
f059a2e3b41e897b513913dab047bdfe kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
c10007676513fcfa07cabd4520562cd0 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
c9eb612e4e006ea696d0e49ad6944aac kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
c889418bf058b9f2ce28de616ad80f06 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
fb887a06a9a31a5da5f72df3a1b38ebc kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm

ppc:
6baa19f3ae93e40964d2135d7a80065f kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64.rpm
6037e7111ab58581b876d3b73b5f108d kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm
d6dcd6b280380d5c5081dcd049fef1d1 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64.rpm
859239f1d7f0f1dfca757484f9e6862a kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm
2a368faf439a27e41ee5ad12f7dc5379 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64.rpm
92b5cf3acf2659eadb313c73bf0624b1 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64iseries.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
1407d3d79e6f458de7c472f366d131f5 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64.rpm
86e0a6e1a3ba621a69eacea525c8421d kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ppc64.rpm

s390:
43411689ca8b3299a050eaacb5ccc6c4 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390.rpm
8452548f0b60e38dab481598b2700e93 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390.rpm
587ef66883f9b699dbc774507c605548 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm

s390x:
a1b4a15fe3273edc6604e7a5472b96bd kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390x.rpm
b048694685cbfa12297f3e02fa2d6fc3 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390x.rpm
72fca784b40da07865a38c474b320a11 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.s390x.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm

x86_64:
a11a4627b70e6d3d29d8ec1b57486ff7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
bbe30bd45965df83b8172d03262dc578 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
3b123b8d1c519099e7253fb0210388ba kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
2fb84f86fdf056b590575fff23fec180 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
7b3e033a5e89a92a65001485ff80612c kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
c7c7e7656ac857faa3d202343462f6b5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
337fc3145a243e23207c74626b2c9a14 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4Desktop/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm
c37a516dd84b1cf30988733b80cdde78 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm

i386:
97c7b0d569b80ea7a86ad7181655b394 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
3ce48424de3cf73b639fa058c7d286bb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
ce6b4e0e36cff5d1d6c2fa354543bb07 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
6a8b8167ddef9ddfe724401da165c4cf kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
5a6aea58f763dafecec369d68f5b0b80 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
beae36ad8d86d16bed5fda24c1365e51 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
0ac9f3738ac9180a1fa4fcc37c88a1ee kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm

x86_64:
a11a4627b70e6d3d29d8ec1b57486ff7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
bbe30bd45965df83b8172d03262dc578 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
3b123b8d1c519099e7253fb0210388ba kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
2fb84f86fdf056b590575fff23fec180 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
7b3e033a5e89a92a65001485ff80612c kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
c7c7e7656ac857faa3d202343462f6b5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
337fc3145a243e23207c74626b2c9a14 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4ES/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm
c37a516dd84b1cf30988733b80cdde78 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm

i386:
97c7b0d569b80ea7a86ad7181655b394 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
3ce48424de3cf73b639fa058c7d286bb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
ce6b4e0e36cff5d1d6c2fa354543bb07 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
6a8b8167ddef9ddfe724401da165c4cf kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
5a6aea58f763dafecec369d68f5b0b80 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
beae36ad8d86d16bed5fda24c1365e51 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
0ac9f3738ac9180a1fa4fcc37c88a1ee kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm

ia64:
f059a2e3b41e897b513913dab047bdfe kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
c10007676513fcfa07cabd4520562cd0 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
c9eb612e4e006ea696d0e49ad6944aac kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
c889418bf058b9f2ce28de616ad80f06 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
fb887a06a9a31a5da5f72df3a1b38ebc kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
a11a4627b70e6d3d29d8ec1b57486ff7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
bbe30bd45965df83b8172d03262dc578 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
3b123b8d1c519099e7253fb0210388ba kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
2fb84f86fdf056b590575fff23fec180 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
7b3e033a5e89a92a65001485ff80612c kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
c7c7e7656ac857faa3d202343462f6b5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
337fc3145a243e23207c74626b2c9a14 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS:
ftp://updates.redhat.com/enterprise/4WS/en/os/SRPMS/kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm
c37a516dd84b1cf30988733b80cdde78 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.src.rpm

i386:
97c7b0d569b80ea7a86ad7181655b394 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
3ce48424de3cf73b639fa058c7d286bb kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
ce6b4e0e36cff5d1d6c2fa354543bb07 kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
6a8b8167ddef9ddfe724401da165c4cf kernel-hugemem-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
5a6aea58f763dafecec369d68f5b0b80 kernel-hugemem-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
beae36ad8d86d16bed5fda24c1365e51 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm
0ac9f3738ac9180a1fa4fcc37c88a1ee kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.i686.rpm

ia64:
f059a2e3b41e897b513913dab047bdfe kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
c10007676513fcfa07cabd4520562cd0 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
c9eb612e4e006ea696d0e49ad6944aac kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
c889418bf058b9f2ce28de616ad80f06 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm
fb887a06a9a31a5da5f72df3a1b38ebc kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
a11a4627b70e6d3d29d8ec1b57486ff7 kernel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
bbe30bd45965df83b8172d03262dc578 kernel-debuginfo-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
3b123b8d1c519099e7253fb0210388ba kernel-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
956dfa20406d710f2925191beb35b60e kernel-doc-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.noarch.rpm
2fb84f86fdf056b590575fff23fec180 kernel-largesmp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
7b3e033a5e89a92a65001485ff80612c kernel-largesmp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
c7c7e7656ac857faa3d202343462f6b5 kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm
337fc3145a243e23207c74626b2c9a14 kernel-smp-devel-2.6.9-42.0.3.EL.x86_64.rpm

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7. References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4811
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0039
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2071
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3741
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4093
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4535
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4623
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4997
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2006 Red Hat, Inc.
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