Summary
The remote host is missing an update as announced
via advisory SSA:2004-167-01.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=SSA:2004-167-01
Insight
New kernel packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current to fix a denial of service security issue. Without a patch to asm-i386/i387.h, a local user can crash the machine.
More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0554
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0554 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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