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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1184-2 (kernel-source-2.6.8)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to kernel-source-2.6.8 announced via advisory DSA 1184-2. For details on the issues addressed with the missing update, please visit the referenced security advisories.

Insight

Insight

The following matrix explains which kernel version for which architecture fixes the problem mentioned above: stable (sarge) Source 2.6.8-16sarge5 Alpha architecture 2.6.8-16sarge5 AMD64 architecture 2.6.8-16sarge5 HP Precision architecture 2.6.8-6sarge5 Intel IA-32 architecture 2.6.8-16sarge5 Intel IA-64 architecture 2.6.8-14sarge5 Motorola 680x0 architecture 2.6.8-4sarge5 PowerPC architecture 2.6.8-12sarge5 IBM S/390 2.6.8-5sarge5 Sun Sparc architecture 2.6.8-15sarge5 FAI 1.9.1sarge4 For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.18-1. We recommend that you upgrade your kernel package and reboot the

Solution

Solution

https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201184-2