Pedro Fernandes Macedo wrote:
James Lawrence wrote:
i recieved a message from red hat notification tool that there is a
kernal update.
version, 2.6.6-1.435.2.1 i have....2.6.6-1.435 what is the
difference? should i bother?
is it going to give me problem's?
From fedora-announce-list:
This security update fixes the remote DoS possibility identified and
fixed
by Adam Osuchowski and Tomasz Dubinski in the netfilter code of the 2.6
kernel. Note that this remote DoS can only be triggered when using the
rarely used "-p tcp --tcp-option" options in the netfilter firewall
subsystem. Fedora Core 2 systems are not vulnerable unless the
administrator
manually configured this rarely used option.
For more information see
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/367615/2004-06-27/2004-07-03/0
So , unless you use the "-p tcp --tcp-option" in netfilter , you are
safe.
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Pedro Macedo
thanks for the quick response, if i choose to not install it, other that
moving it to the ignored list can i remove that update from the
notification?
