CentOS - Nov 2016 - CVE-2016-5195 DirtyCOW: Critical Linux Kernel Flaw

Leonardo Oliveira Ortiz wrote:
> RedHat and Centos 4.x can be explored by this flaw?
See:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5195

James Pearson

In article <5818CD31.4050008 at moving-picture.com>,
James Pearson <james-p at moving-picture.com>
wrote:
> Leonardo Oliveira Ortiz wrote:
> > RedHat and Centos 4.x can be explored by this flaw?
> 
> See:
> 
>   https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5195
In other words, no: RHEL 4 and CentOS4 are not affected by this flaw.

Tony
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On Tue, November 1, 2016 6:25 pm, Tony Mountifield
wrote:
> In article <5818CD31.4050008 at moving-picture.com>,
> James Pearson <james-p at moving-picture.com> wrote:
>> Leonardo Oliveira Ortiz wrote:
>> > RedHat and Centos 4.x can be explored by this flaw?
>>
>> See:
>>
>>   https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5195
>
> In other words, no: RHEL 4 and CentOS4 are not affected by this flaw.
My understanding is: RHEL is obsolete, hence it will not even be mentioned
on that page, whether it is known to be affected or not.

Valeri
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