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SSA-2004-167-01 kernel DoS

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
SSA-2004-167-01 kernel DoS

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

New kernel packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1,
and -current to fix a denial of service security issue. Without
a patch to asm-i386/i387.h, a local user can crash the machine.

More details about this issue may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0554

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Michel Arboi

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