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Debian-Edu/Skolelinux Security Advisory DESA 2006-009
http://www.skolelinux.no/security/ Morten Werner Olsen
December 17th, 2006 debian-edu-security@lists.alioth.debian.org
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Package : kernel-image-2.6.8-i386
Vulnerability : several vulnerabilities
Problem-Type : local
Need reboot : yes
Debian-Edu-specific : no
CVE ID : CVE-2006-3741 CVE-2006-4538 CVE-2006-4813
CVE-2006-4997 CVE-2006-5174 CVE-2006-5619
CVE-2006-5649 CVE-2006-5751 CVE-2006-5871
DSA ID : DSA-1233
Several vulnerabilities have been found in the Linux kernel. If you
want the details, please take a look at the DSA's from Debian:
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
We recommend that you upgrade your kernel packages to the new 2.6.8
version built for Debian.
Upgrade Instructions
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Make sure 'deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian sarge main' or similar is
present in your /etc/apt/sources.list and run 'apt-get update' to
update your package lists.
Find which flavour of the kernel you are running with the command
'uname -r' (examples: 386, 586tsc, 686, 686-smp, k6, k7, k7-smp).
To upgrade, run this command replacing <flavour> with yours:
apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.8-3-<flavour>
Remember that you have to reboot your computers after upgrading this
package. If you are unfamiliar with kernel upgrades, please visit our
mini-HOWTO on this subject:
http://www.skolelinux.no/security/kernel-upgrade
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For apt-get: deb ftp://ftp.skolelinux.no/skolelinux/ woody local
Mailing lists: bruker@skolelinux.no, debian-edu@lists.debian.org,
linuxiskolen@skolelinux.no, user@skolelinux.de,
admin-discuss@skolelinux.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>'
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