Linux Kernel Floating Point Exception Handler Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability Solution:
A number of third party patches have been released dealing with this issue; none of which have been verified by Symantec nor the vendor.
Mandrake Linux has released advisory MDKSA-2004:062 dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.
Avaya has released an advisory that acknowledges this vulnerability for Avaya products. Fixes are not currently available; customers are advised to contact the vendor for further details regarding fix availability. Please see the referenced Avaya advisory at the following location for further details:
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Trustix Linux has released advisory TSLSA-2004-0034 dealing with this issue for their linux distribution. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.
SuSE Linux has released advisory SuSE-SA:2004:017 dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.
TurboLinux has released advisory TLSA-2004-18 dealing with this issue for their supported operating systems. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.
Red Hat has released advisory RHSA-2004:255-10 and fixes to address this and other issues on Red Hat Linux Enterprise platforms. Customers who are affected by this issue are advised to apply the appropriate updates. Customers subscribed to the Red Hat Network may apply the appropriate fixes using the Red Hat Update Agent (up2date). Please see referenced advisory for additional information.
EnGarde Linux has released advisory ESA-20040621-005 dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.
Linux Kernel 2.6.7 has been released and it deals with this issue. Users are advised to upgrade their systems.
Tinysofa Linux has released advisory TSSA-2004-011 dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.
RedHat has released an advisory (FEDORA-2004-186) to address this and other issues in Fedora Core 1. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.
Gentoo Linux has released advisory GLSA 200407-02 addressing this and other issues. Please see the referenced advisory for further information about this issue and information on upgrading packages using emerge.
Slackware has released an advisory (SSA:2004-161-01) addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.
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