kernel is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulnerability exists as a flaw was found in the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) subsystem. A local, unprivileged user could use the flaw to listen on the same socket more than once, possibly causing a denial of service.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122841256115780&w=2
secunia.com/advisories/32913
secunia.com/advisories/33083
secunia.com/advisories/33348
secunia.com/advisories/33623
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secunia.com/advisories/33756
secunia.com/advisories/33854
secunia.com/advisories/34981
securityreason.com/securityalert/4694
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_MRG/1.1/html/MRG_Release_Notes/
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498943/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/32676
www.securitytracker.com/id?1021360
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0053
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11288
usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html