[kernel-sec-discuss] r1574 - dsa-texts

[Micah Anderson]

Author: micah
Date: 2009-11-05 12:55:34 +0000 (Thu, 05 Nov 2009)
New Revision: 1574

Modified:
   dsa-texts/2.6.26-19lenny2
Log:
minor formatting adjustments

Modified: dsa-texts/2.6.26-19lenny2
===================================================================
--- dsa-texts/2.6.26-19lenny2	2009-11-05 06:46:52 UTC (rev 1573)
+++ dsa-texts/2.6.26-19lenny2	2009-11-05 12:55:34 UTC (rev 1574)
@@ -11,26 +11,27 @@
 CVE Id(s)      : CVE-2009-3228 CVE-2009-3238 CVE-2009-3547 CVE-2009-3612
                  CVE-2009-3620 CVE-2009-3621 CVE-2009-3638
 
-Notice: Debian 5.0.4, the next point release of Debian 'lenny',
-will include a new default value for the mmap_min_addr tunable.
-This change will add an additional safeguard against a class of security
-vulnerabilities known as "NULL pointer dereference" vulnerabilities, but
-it will need to be overridden when using certain applications.
+Notice: Debian 5.0.4, the next point release of Debian 'lenny', will
+include a new default value for the mmap_min_addr tunable.  This
+change will add an additional safeguard against a class of security
+vulnerabilities known as "NULL pointer dereference" vulnerabilities,
+but it will need to be overridden when using certain applications.
 Additional information about this change, including instructions for
 making this change locally in advance of 5.0.4 (recommended), can be
 found at:
   http://wiki.debian.org/mmap_min_addr
 
 Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that
-may lead to a denial of service, sensitive memory leak or privilege escalation.
-The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following
-problems:
+may lead to a denial of service, sensitive memory leak or privilege
+escalation.  The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
+identifies the following problems:
 
 CVE-2009-3228
 
     Eric Dumazet reported an instance of uninitialized kernel memory
-    in the network packet scheduler. Local users may be able to exploit
-    this issue to read the contents of sensitive kernel memory.
+    in the network packet scheduler. Local users may be able to
+    exploit this issue to read the contents of sensitive kernel
+    memory.
   
 CVE-2009-3238
 
@@ -45,15 +46,16 @@
 
 CVE-2009-3612
 
-    Jiri Pirko discovered a typo in the initialization of a structure in
-    the netlink subsystem that may allow local users to gain access to
-    sensitive kernel memory.
+    Jiri Pirko discovered a typo in the initialization of a structure
+    in the netlink subsystem that may allow local users to gain access
+    to sensitive kernel memory.
 
 CVE-2009-3620
 
-    Ben Hutchings discovered an issue in the DRM manager for ATI Rage 128
-    graphics adapters. Local users may be able to exploit this
-    vulnerability to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).
+    Ben Hutchings discovered an issue in the DRM manager for ATI Rage
+    128 graphics adapters. Local users may be able to exploit this
+    vulnerability to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer
+    dereference).
 
 CVE-2009-3621
 
@@ -64,8 +66,8 @@
 CVE-2009-3638
 
     David Wagner reported an overflow in the KVM subsystem on i386
-    systems. This issue is exploitable by local users with access
-    to the /dev/kvm device file.
+    systems. This issue is exploitable by local users with access to
+    the /dev/kvm device file.
 
 For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
 version 2.6.26-19lenny2.
@@ -84,8 +86,8 @@
 be released for all kernels at the same time. Rather, they will be
 released in a staggered or "leap-frog" fashion.
 
-The following matrix lists additional source packages that were rebuilt for
-compatibility with or to take advantage of this update:
+The following matrix lists additional source packages that were
+rebuilt for compatibility with or to take advantage of this update:
 
                                              Debian 5.0 (lenny)
      user-mode-linux                         2.6.26-1um-2+19lenny2
@@ -112,7 +114,8 @@
 Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny
 --------------------------------
 
-Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.
+Stable updates are available for alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386,
+ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390 and sparc.