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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2008-4410
Created:October 23, 2008 Updated:October 29, 2008
Description: The kernel has a denial of service vulnerability. From the CVE description:

The vmi_write_ldt_entry function in arch/x86/kernel/vmi_32.c in the Virtual Machine Interface (VMI) in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 invokes write_idt_entry where write_ldt_entry was intended, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (persistent application failure) via crafted function calls, related to the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) experiencing improper LDT selector state, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3247.

Alerts:
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:053 2008-10-27
Fedora FEDORA-2008-8929 2008-10-23
Fedora FEDORA-2008-8980 2008-10-23

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