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kernel: several vulnerabilities
| Package(s): | linux-2.6 | CVE #(s): | CVE-2008-1294 CVE-2008-1375 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | May 2, 2008 | Updated: | July 8, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the Debian advisory: David Peer discovered that users could escape administrator imposed cpu time limitations (RLIMIT_CPU) by setting a limit of 0. (CVE-2008-1294) Alexander Viro discovered a race condition in the directory notification subsystem that allows local users to cause a Denial of Service (oops) and possibly result in an escalation of privileges. (CVE-2008-1375) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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