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Fedora 2004-205 Security Check
high Log Correlation Engine Plugin ID 801555
Synopsis
The remote host is missing a security update.Description
During an audit of the Linux kernel, SUSE discovered a flaw in theLinux kernel that inappropriately allows an unprivileged user to
change the group ID of a file to his/her own group ID. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the
name CVE-2004-0497 to this issue.
All Fedora Core 2 users are advised to upgrade their kernels to the
packages associated with their machine architectures and
configurations as listed in this erratum.