[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: kernel-3.11.7-300.fc20

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-20705
2013-11-05 19:33:26
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Name        : kernel
Product     : Fedora 20
Version     : 3.11.7
Release     : 300.fc20
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 3.11.7 stable update contains a number of important fixes across the tree.
Various bug and CVE fixes.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1023477 - CVE-2013-4470 Kernel: net: memory corruption with UDP_CORK and UFO
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1023477
  [ 2 ] Bug #1007939 - CVE-2013-4348 kernel: net: deadloop path in skb_flow_dissect()
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1007939
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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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