rPath Security Advisory: 2009-0161-1
Published: 2009-12-16
Products:
rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 1
rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 2
rPath Linux 2
Rating: Critical
Exposure Level Classification:
Remote Root Non-deterministic Denial of Service
Updated Versions:
hwdata=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/0.225-0.4-1
hwdata=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/0.225-0.1-1
hwdata=rap.rpath.com@rpath:linux-1/0.225-1-1
hwdata=rap.rpath.com@rpath:linux-2/0.225-1-1
kernel=conary.rpath.com@rpl:2/2.6.29.6-0.7-1
kernel=rap.rpath.com@rpath:linux-1/2.6.29.6-8-1
kernel=rap.rpath.com@rpath:linux-2/2.6.29.6-3-1
rPath Issue Tracking System:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-3154
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-3156
References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1298
Description:
Previous kernel versions in the 2.6.29 series are vulnerable to a remote
Denial-of-Service attack (NULL pointer dereference and hang) via long IP
packets. This has been fixed.
Also, support for some new AHCI SATA controllers has been added in this
update.
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0161
Copyright 2009 rPath, Inc.
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