udev: A rule based device node and kernel event manager ---------------------------------------------------------------------- File: udev-085-30.40.i586.rpm Patchrpm: udev-085-30.40.i586.patch.rpm Version: 085-30.40 Size: 173 kB Patchsize: 152 kB Date: Tue 04 Sep 2007 20:37:29 CEST Source: udev-085-30.40.src.rpm Security: Yes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Description: This kernel update fixes the following security problems: - CVE-2007-4573: It was possible for local user to become root by exploiting a bug in the IA32 system call emulation. This affects x86_64 platforms with kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x before 2.6.22.7 only. - CVE-2007-4571: An information disclosure vulnerability in the ALSA driver can be exploited by local users to read sensitive data from the kernel memory. Furthermore, this kernel catches up to the SLE 10 state of the kernel, with numerous additional fixes.