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On Saturday, 15 July 2006 6:31, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: |
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> Hi Folks: |
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> I received the following warning from SANS yesterday, and I need to know |
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> how to appropriately respond: |
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> http://www.isc.sans.org/diary.php?storyid=1482 |
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> To summarize the story at the above link, there appears to be a |
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> vulnerability in the linux kernel, which when exploited, will allow a |
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> user to gain root privileges. |
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> Normally, I would simply upgrade to the latest kernel from portage, and |
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> be done with it, however, here is the problem: |
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> QUOTING SANS HERE: |
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> "As all kernels 2.6.13 up to version 2.6.17.4 and 2.6.16 before |
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> 2.6.16.24 are affected, you should patch as soon as possible, even if |
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> you don't allow any local users on your machines." |
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> As of this morning, the latest Kernel version in portage is 2.6.16-r12. |
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> It seems that there is a different versioning / naming scheme used but |
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> im not sure. Can someone please let me know how to respond, or point me |
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> to appropriate reading so I can protect myself. |
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gentoo-sources-2.6.16-r2 includes the 2.6.16.24 patchset. Have a look at the |
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ebuild changelog: |
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http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/sys-kernel/gentoo-sources/ChangeLog |
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Raymond Lewis Rebbeck |
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