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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200407-02 (Kernel)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.2

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200407-02.

Insight

Insight

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Linux kernel used by GNU/Linux systems. Patched, or updated versions of these kernels have been released and details are included in this advisory.

Solution

Solution

Users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available sources for their system: # emerge sync # emerge -pv your-favorite-sources # emerge your-favorite-sources # # Follow usual procedure for compiling and installing a kernel. # # If you use genkernel, run genkernel as you would do normally. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200407-02 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47881 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49637 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53804 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54976 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55698