Red Hat patched a series of security flaws in Linux

Red Hat Linux developer has just released a security update to fix a series of vulnerabilities in the kernel of this operating system version.

Specifically, the Red Hat Linux kernel package aims to overcome a total of 16 security vulnerabilities in the 4.0 version of Red Hat Desktop and Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems. Among them, up to 10 errors are classified as 'dangerous' and 6 are at medium level.

The developer recommends that Enterprise Linux 4 users should update the operating system kernel patch. If exploited, these security vulnerabilities may affect the basic functions of the operating system.

The most dangerous vulnerability patched this time is the vulnerability in the IPv6 application software. If these vulnerabilities are exploited, users may be at risk of a denial of service attack.

In addition, there are dangerous vulnerabilities in ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), NFS client (Network File System), IP routing, Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP), virtual memory . All holes This can be exploited to organize a denial of service attack.

Security errors are classified as medium, including errors in the Linux Security Modules component, data processing errors, errors in system files .

Recent studies show that Linux systems are increasingly facing security threats, although the number of viruses targeted to attack this operating system is still very small.

In a report published last April, Evans Data's research experts said that about 11% of Linux developers participating in the survey said their systems were infected.

At the same time, security vendor Kaspersky Lab said it had discovered a special piece of code capable of attacking both Windows and Linux.

Hoang Dung