:SUSE has issued an update for the kernel. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or disclose potentially sensitive information and by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).For more information:SA24493SA24618SA24793Solution:Apply updated packages.– x86 Platform –openSUSE 10.2:ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…6/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpm95292ec575fcc2fb45a4967255b8b72fftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…/kernel-default-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpmf29d3626caf1b971661556d9193fc816ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…6/kernel-source-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpm1bb4c4fabc32647ff6ffafc916081c50ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…586/kernel-syms-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpmb99077ba62db238a8e5df197ea9ea25cftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…i586/kernel-xen-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpm34523268fc1b99b0fcb8addb77bf01d8ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…6/kernel-xenpae-2.6.18.8-0.3.i586.rpmb9a57ed4f13196aa5b0a062cfc561a77ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…6/perl-Bootloader-0.4.14-1.2.i586.rpm95714f4c6b647ef6c68e4d3caa033787– Power PC Platform –openSUSE 10.2:ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…c/kernel-default-2.6.18.8-0.3.ppc.rpm2aa018a5edc8f3425ad196225eaf5badftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…kernel-iseries64-2.6.18.8-0.3.ppc.rpm260f74713bd8fba471202941f6114fa3ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…ppc/kernel-ppc64-2.6.18.8-0.3.ppc.rpmcedf939124e52f93a86c25e9fdf0d250ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…pc/kernel-source-2.6.18.8-0.3.ppc.rpmccc7c02e400fd55f1b132c2a2cedd192ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/ppc/kernel-syms-2.6.18.8-0.3.ppc.rpm6b528a441cfa910d19794470f4cfc89aftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…pc/perl-Bootloader-0.4.14-1.2.ppc.rpm602bbcbfa115caf71ada49b583f85f28×86-64 Platform:openSUSE 10.2:ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…ernel-default-2.6.18.8-0.3.x86_64.rpm0835bf763018e56be3db1625e91680ddftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…kernel-source-2.6.18.8-0.3.x86_64.rpm05a41525a7f4db33fe871207a44a1fdfftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…4/kernel-syms-2.6.18.8-0.3.x86_64.rpm8853551b4f1bd2f1f083176b307e0401ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…64/kernel-xen-2.6.18.8-0.3.x86_64.rpm24dec86d61e5e5e78cc67df60f82a88eftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…perl-Bootloader-0.4.14-1.2.x86_64.rpme0706b2bbadccd4700238f1906cffb3dSources:openSUSE 10.2:ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…/kernel-bigsmp-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpm404e960620d51992b04758e94edfb7b5ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…kernel-default-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpmd99e2efc57a9035da836a1d47fd39dd8ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…rnel-iseries64-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpm4ca31984c81bdd27cdb5c161e154dc79ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…c/kernel-ppc64-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpm8e70951375a9abe704acc5627f97b33cftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…rc/kernel-source-2.6.18.8-0.3.src.rpme0c9eeb1a788c977030a5dc629f6536cftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10.2/rpm/src/kernel-syms-2.6.18.8-0.3.src.rpm156bc97491b5281544d08dbaa1ab7355ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…src/kernel-xen-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpmb8496e19276c0c18856d55d4131d850aftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…/kernel-xenpae-2.6.18.8-0.3.nosrc.rpmb6207a927ed90bdbf8e87abdf6bcd586ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/update/10…rc/perl-Bootloader-0.4.14-1.2.src.rpm1e5a0f32e9d9a55ce846acf6399a6f7eOriginal Advisory:http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0001.htmlOther References:SA24493:http://secunia.com/advisories/24493/SA24618:http://secunia.com/advisories/24618/SA24793:http://secunia.com/advisories/24793/

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