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kernel: denial of service

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2013-0290
Created:February 18, 2013 Updated:March 22, 2013
Description: From the Red Hat bugzilla:

A flaw was found in the way __skb_recv_datagram() processed skbs with no payload when MSG_PEEK was requested. An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to cause local denial of service.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2013-2635 2013-02-18
Mageia MGASA-2013-0066 2013-02-22
Mageia MGASA-2013-0067 2013-02-22
Mageia MGASA-2013-0068 2013-02-22
Mageia MGASA-2013-0069 2013-02-22
Mageia MGASA-2013-0070 2013-02-22
Fedora FEDORA-2013-2597 2013-02-24
Red Hat RHSA-2013:0622-01 2013-03-11
Ubuntu USN-1769-1 2013-03-18
Ubuntu USN-1768-1 2013-03-18
Ubuntu USN-1774-1 2013-03-21
Fedora FEDORA-2013-3909 2013-03-22
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