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kernel: denial of service

Package(s): kernel CVE #(s): CVE-2008-2365

Created: June 25, 2008 Updated: July 16, 2008

Description: A race condition in the ptrace() system call can be exploited by a local user to hang the system.

Alerts:

Ubuntu	USN-625-1	2008-07-15
CentOS	CESA-2008:0508	2008-06-27
Red Hat	RHSA-2008:0508-01	2008-06-25

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