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RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1081

Description

The remote host is missing updates to kernel-rt announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1081. These updated packages fix the following security issues: * a buffer overflow flaw was found in the CIFSTCon() function of the Linux kernel Common Internet File System (CIFS) implementation. When mounting a CIFS share, a malicious server could send an overly-long string to the client, possibly leading to a denial of service or privilege escalation on the client mounting the CIFS share. (CVE-2009-1439, Important) * the Linux kernel Network File System daemon (nfsd) implementation did not drop the CAP_MKNOD capability when handling requests from local, unprivileged users. This flaw could possibly lead to an information leak or privilege escalation. (CVE-2009-1072, Moderate) * a deficiency was found in the Linux kernel signals implementation. The kill_something_info() function did not check if a process was outside the caller's namespace before sending the kill signal, making it possible to kill processes in all process ID (PID) namespaces, breaking PID namespace isolation. (CVE-2009-1338, Moderate) * a flaw was found in the AGPGART driver. The agp_generic_alloc_page() and agp_generic_alloc_pages() functions did not zero out the memory pages they allocate, which may later be available to user-space processes. This flaw could possibly lead to an information leak. (CVE-2009-1192, Low) All Red Hat Enterprise MRG users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to resolve these issues. Note: The system must be rebooted for this update to take effect.


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