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From: Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@×××××××××××.com>
To: "Joshua J. Berry" <condor-gentoo@×××××××××.net>
Cc: gentoo-security@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-security] Kernel-related GLSA lag
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 20:18:23
Message-Id: 40439AAE.9070701@skylineaero.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-security] Kernel-related GLSA lag by "Joshua J. Berry"
1 Joshua J. Berry wrote:
2 > On Monday 01 March 2004 08:27, Koon wrote:
3 >
4 >>>Hi everyone,
5 >>>
6 >>> From what I know, the GLSA announcing the Feb 18 do_mremap kernel
7 >>>vulnerability is still not out, though most (if not all) of the packages
8 >>>implementing the correction are available in portage. I think we've a
9 >>>problem here which should be addressed.
10 >
11 >
12 > I realize I've probably been living under a rock (combining cold-like viruses
13 > and midterms == bad pie), but what exactly is this vulnerability? What
14 > kernels does it affect?
15 >
16 > I have a 2.6.1-mm5 box and a 2.4.20-xfs-r5 box. Should I be worried?
17
18 I believe that both of those kernels are affected. The fix is in 2.6.3 and 2.4.24, I think.
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Re: [gentoo-security] Kernel-related GLSA lag "Mikhail P." <miha@×××××.org>