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kernel: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2008-2358
Created:June 9, 2008 Updated:August 13, 2008
Description:

From the Debian advisory:

Brandon Edwards of McAfee Avert labs discovered an issue in the DCCP subsystem. Due to missing feature length checks it is possible to cause an overflow they may result in remote arbitrary code execution.

Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:167 2008-08-12
Ubuntu USN-625-1 2008-07-15
Fedora FEDORA-2008-5893 2008-07-02
CentOS CESA-2008:0519 2008-06-26
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0519-01 2008-06-25
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:030 2008-06-20
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:112 2007-06-12
Debian DSA-1592-2 2008-06-09
Debian DSA-1592-1 2008-06-09
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