Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in various Redhat products, which could be exploited by attackers or malicious users to bypass security restrictions, disclose sensitive information or cause a denial of service. These issues are caused by errors in Kernel. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3272 - FrSIRT/ADV-2007-3718
A memory leak present in the Red Hat Content Accelerator kernel patch has also been reported. This issue could allow local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of open requests involving O_ATOMICLOOKUP.
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2007-12-03 : Initial release
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