Bug 151804 – CAN-2005-0449 Possible remote Oops/firewall bypass - kABI breaker - ipf

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Bug 151804 - CAN-2005-0449 Possible remote Oops/firewall bypass - kABI breaker - ipf

Summary:	CAN-2005-0449 Possible remote Oops/firewall bypass - kABI breaker - ipf

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	2.1
Hardware:	ia64 Linux

Priority	medium Severity high
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Assigned To:	Jim Paradis
QA Contact:	Brian Brock
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Whiteboard:	impact=important,public=20050124,sour...
Keywords:	Security

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Reported:	2005-03-22 10:46 EST by Mark J. Cox
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:06 EST (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2005-04-28 11:10:07 EDT
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Proposed patch from Dave Miller for RHEL2.1 (7.25 KB, patch) 2005-03-22 10:46 EST, Mark J. Cox	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2005:284	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: kernel security update	2005-04-28 00:00:00 EDT

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Description Mark J. Cox 2005-03-22 10:46:41 EST

This issue now is known to affect linux-2.4

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #147468 +++

vendor-sec made us aware of a security relevant problem yesterday (remote
opps/firewall bypass) in the netdev code. 

  http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/cset@41f8843a8ZMCNuP3meYAYnnXd3CO_g

This is the relevant thread:

  http://oss.sgi.com/archives/netdev/2005-01/msg01036.html

Passed to PeterM for investigation, the patch breaks kABI.

Comment 1 Mark J. Cox 2005-03-22 10:46:42 EST

Created attachment 112217 [details]
Proposed patch from Dave Miller for RHEL2.1

Comment 2 Jim Paradis 2005-04-19 13:45:18 EDT

A fix for this problem has been committed to the RHEL21 source pool for kernel
version 2.4.18-e.56

Comment 3 John Flanagan 2005-04-28 11:10:07 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-284.html

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