Bug 4161 - kernel update for CVE-2012-0207
Summary: kernel update for CVE-2012-0207
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 1
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thomas Backlund
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Keywords: Triaged
Depends on: 4281
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Reported: 2012-01-16 23:48 CET by Dave Hodgins
Modified: 2012-01-27 23:17 CET (History)
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Description Dave Hodgins 2012-01-16 23:48:07 CET 
According to
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Linux-developers-fix-a-homemade-network-problem-1414033.html
all kernels from 2.6.36 up until 3.0.17
are subject to a denial of service attack, CVE-2012-0207.
Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-01-17 01:11:06 CET 
Hi, thanks for reporting this bug.
Assigned to the package maintainer.

(Please set the status to 'assigned' if you are working on it)

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
Assignee: bugsquad => tmb

Comment 2 Thomas Backlund 2012-01-25 18:18:38 CET 
The fix is added in 2.6.38.8-10.mga1 now available in updates_testing:

https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4281

Status: NEW => ASSIGNED
Hardware: i586 => All
Depends on: (none) => 4281

Comment 3 Manuel Hiebel 2012-01-27 23:17:09 CET 
update pushed

Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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