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kernel: privilege escalation

Package(s):linux-2.6.24 CVE #(s):CVE-2008-5182
Created:December 5, 2008 Updated:February 25, 2009
Description: The kernel has a privilege escalation vulnerability. From the national vulnerability database entry: The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.
Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2009:0021-01 2009-02-24
Fedora FEDORA-2008-11618 2008-07-29
Fedora FEDORA-2008-11593 2008-12-26
Red Hat RHSA-2009:0053-01 2009-02-04
Ubuntu USN-715-1 2009-01-29
Ubuntu USN-714-1 2009-01-29
SuSE SUSE-SA:2009:008 2009-01-29
rPath rPSA-2008-0332-1 2008-12-09
Debian DSA-1681-1 2008-12-04
SuSE SUSE-SA:2009:004 2009-01-21
Red Hat RHSA-2009:0225-02 2009-01-20
SuSE SUSE-SA:2009:003 2009-01-20
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