SECURITY ALERT - 64-bit Linux Kernel Exploit Reported

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SECURITY ALERT - 64-bit Linux Kernel Exploit Reported

Postby admin » Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:25 pm

A Linux Kernel Exploit has been released that directly impacts all 64-bit kernels. It is highly recommended you review the links below to gather more information on this exploit.

http://forums.cpanel.net/f185/x86_64-ke ... post692222
https://www.ksplice.com/uptrack/cve-2010-3081.ssi.xhtml
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?si ... 20/0217204
http://blog.ksplice.com/2010/09/cve-2010-3081/

If you are currently hosted under a Linux dedicated or VPS account running 64 bit version of the operating system, create a ticket and we'll patch your system to prevent this vulnerability.

To find out if you're running 64 bit version, log in as root and type this in command line:

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uname -a


If you see something like x64_64 then you are running 64 bit version and your kernel is vulnerable.

If you are hosted under shared Linux cPanel servers, then you are automatically protected by Ksplice rebootless update and you don't need to do anything.
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