A security vulnerability was discovered yesterday in the Linux kernel packages of the Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu and Xubuntu 8.04 distributions. This kernel vulnerability could allow a local attacker to cause a system crash, leading to a DoS (Denial of Service). The security flaw can be fixed if you upgrade your system to the following packages: • linux-image-2.6.24-18-386 2.6.24-18.32 • linux-image-2.6.24-18-generic 2.6.24-18.32 • linux-image-2.6.24-18-hppa32 2.6.24-18.32 • linux-image-2.6...
Article: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kernel-Vulnerability-in-Ubuntu-8-04-LTS-Upgrade-Now-87195.shtml -- Ishtiaque Ahmed (Foisal) OSS Bangla web mag: www.mukto.org http://forum.mukto.org/ Blog : http://foisal.wordpress.com/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- ubuntu-bd mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
