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Re: [SECURITY] [DSA 479-1] New Linux 2.4.18 packages fix local root exploit (source+alpha+i386+powerpc)



On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 16:52, Martin Schulze wrote:
> - --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Debian Security Advisory DSA 479-1                     security@debian.org
> http://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
> April 14th, 2004                        http://www.debian.org/security/faq
> - --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Package        : kernel-source-2.4.18 kernel-image-2.4.18-1-alpha kernel-image-2.4.18-1-i386 kernel-image-2.4.18-i386bf kernel-patch-2.4.18-powerpc
> Vulnerability  : several vulnerabilities
> Problem-Type   : local
> Debian-specific: no
> CVE ID         : CAN-2004-0003 CAN-2004-0010 CAN-2004-0109 CAN-2004-0177 CAN-2004-0178

I installed the new 2.4.18-1-686 and only after a reboot I found out
that /lib/modules contains just one .o file,  net/dummy.o. I had the
source on disk, and had no problems rebuilding, but I found it a anyoing
hour spent. 

Did I catch a stray error, or are that package serioususly broken?

Cheers from Norway,
Rune Nordbøe Skillingstad
-- 
«I came out of it dead broke, without a house, without anything except a
girlfriend and a knowledge of Unix.» «Well, that's something. Normally
those two are mutually exclusive»
 - Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

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