Oval Definition:	oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20070938
Revision Date: 2007-11-28 Version: 631 Title: RHSA-2007:0938: kernel security update (Important) Description: The Linux kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system. A flaw was found in ia32 emulation affecting users running 64-bit versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux on x86_64 architectures. A local user could use this flaw to gain elevated privileges. (CVE-2007-4573). Red Hat would like to thank Wojciech Purczynski for reporting this issue. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 users are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. Family: unix Class: patch Status: Reference(s): CVE-2007-4573 RHSA-2007:0938 RHSA-2007:0938-01 RHSA-2007:0938-01 Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Product(s): Definition Synopsis Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed OR Package Information Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is installed AND kernel earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL is currently running OR kernel earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL is set to boot up on next boot AND kernel is earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL AND kernel is signed with Red Hat master key kernel-smp-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL AND kernel-smp-unsupported is signed with Red Hat master key kernel-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL AND kernel-unsupported is signed with Red Hat master key kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL AND kernel-doc is signed with Red Hat master key kernel-source is earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL AND kernel-source is signed with Red Hat master key kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL AND kernel-smp is signed with Red Hat master key kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL AND kernel-hugemem is signed with Red Hat master key kernel-BOOT is earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL AND kernel-BOOT is signed with Red Hat master key kernel-hugemem-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-52.EL AND kernel-hugemem-unsupported is signed with Red Hat master key
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