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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2007-1861 CVE-2007-2242
Created:May 1, 2007 Updated:February 8, 2008
Description: The netlink protocol has an infinite recursion bug that allows users to cause a kernel crash. Also the IPv6 protocol allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted IPv6 type 0 route headers (IPV6_RTHDR_TYPE_0) that create network amplification between two routers.
Alerts:
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:006 2008-02-07
Ubuntu USN-508-1 2007-08-31
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:171 2007-08-28
Ubuntu USN-489-1 2007-07-19
Ubuntu USN-486-1 2007-07-17
SuSE SUSE-SA:2007:051 2007-09-06
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:216 2007-11-13
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0347-01 2007-05-16
Debian DSA-1289-1 2007-05-13
Foresight FLEA-2007-0016-1 2007-05-08
rPath rPSA-2007-0084-1 2007-05-01
Fedora FEDORA-2007-483 2007-05-01
Fedora FEDORA-2007-482 2007-05-01
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