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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2008-3527
Created:November 4, 2008 Updated:December 16, 2008
Description: From the Red Hat alert:

Tavis Ormandy reported missing boundary checks in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation. This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or escalate privileges.

Alerts:
Debian DSA-1687-1 2008-12-15
SuSE SUSE-SR:2008:025 2008-11-14
CentOS CESA-2008:0957 2008-11-05
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0957-02 2008-11-04
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