A security hole were discovered in the package mentioned above. Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected as well, please contact your vendor for information about this issue. There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for any direct, indirect or incidental damage arising from this information or the installation of the update package. The Linux kernel 2.2.x doesn't correctly parse the IP options, which leads to kernel panic. Impact Linux machines running kernel 2.2.x could be shut down over the network by sending malicious formated ICMP packets.
Solution Install the fixed kernel from our ftp server.
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