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"http://secunia.com/advisories/42778", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42778" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42801", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42801" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42932", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42932" }, { "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:029" }, { "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0012" }, { "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0124" }, { "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052513.html" }, { "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42745", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/42745" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/43291", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/43291" }, { "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3321" }, { "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375" }, { "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html" }, { "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/43056", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://secunia.com/advisories/43056" }, { "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2" }, { "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213" }, { "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html" }, { "url": "http://blog.nelhage.com/2010/12/cve-2010-4258-from-dos-to-privesc/", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://blog.nelhage.com/2010/12/cve-2010-4258-from-dos-to-privesc/" }, { "url": "http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=10234", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=10234" }, { "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=33dd94ae1ccbfb7bf0fb6c692bc3d1c4269e6177", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=33dd94ae1ccbfb7bf0fb6c692bc3d1c4269e6177" }, { "url": "http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-os-beta-channel-update.html", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2011/01/chrome-os-beta-channel-update.html" }, { "url": "http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129117048916957&w=2", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=129117048916957&w=2" }, { "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/2", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/2" }, { "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/3", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/3" }, { "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/4", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/4" }, { "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/7", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/02/7" }, { "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/4", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/4" }, { "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/5", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/5" }, { "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/9", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/08/9" }, { "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/14", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/14" }, { "url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/4", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/09/4" }, { "url": "https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/1/543", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/12/1/543" }, { "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659567", "refsource": "MISC", "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659567" } ] } }