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CentOS 7 Minimal kickstart file

Posted by Curtis K in Administration Jul, 17 2014 7 Comments

I searched around a bit and couldn't find any published kickstart files around for CentOS 7 (and the ones I did, didn't work correctly and looked overly complex), therefore I'm attaching my CentOS 7 minimal kickstart file for anyone else who may be searching for one! Notes: 1) Firewall service and selinux ... Read More...

CentOS 7 Released! How to Download CentOS 7

Posted by Curtis K in Administration Jul, 08 2014 No Comments

Today, the general availability of CentOS 7 has been announced for 64-bit x86 based systems. This is the first version of CentOS 7, and the version is marked as 7.0-1406 CentOS 7 release notes can be found here - http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7 To obtain the CentOS 7 release ISO, head over to http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/7.0.1406/isos/x86_64/ While CentOS 7 ... Read More...

CentOS Linux Kernel Update 2.6.32-431.20.3 Released

Posted by Curtis K in Administration Jun, 20 2014 1 Comment

CentOS Linux kernel 2.6.32-431.20.3 has just been released. Update type(s): security and bug fix Resolved CVEs: CVE-2013-6378 CVE-2014-0203 CVE-2014-1737 CVE-2014-1738 CVE-2014-1874 CVE-2014-2039 CVE-2014-3153 * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's futex subsystem handledthe requeuing of certain Priority Inheritance (PI) futexes. A local,unprivileged user could use this flaw to escalate their privileges on thesystem. (CVE-2014-3153, Important)* A flaw was ... Read More...

CentOS Linux Kernel Update 2.6.32-431.17.1 Released

Posted by Curtis K in Administration May, 09 2014 No Comments

CentOS Linux kernel 2.6.32-431.17.1 has just been released. Update type(s): security and bug fix Resolved CVEs: CVE-2013-6383 CVE-2014-0077 CVE-2014-2523 * A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel's netfilter connection tracking implementation for Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) packets used the skb_header_pointer() function. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially crafted DCCP packet to crash ... Read More...