[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: kernel-3.6.3-3.fc18

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-16787
2012-10-24 16:10:37
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 3.6.3
Release     : 3.fc18
URL         : http://www.kernel.org/
Summary     : The Linux kernel
Description :
The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of any
Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions
of the operating system: memory allocation, process allocation, device
input and output, etc.

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Update Information:

The Linux 3.6.3 stable update contains a large number of bug fixes.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #862877 - CVE-2012-0957 kernel: uts: stack memory leak in UNAME26
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=862877
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update kernel' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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