RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0972-01. The update fixes flaws in Linux kernel's implementation of Direct-IO, ptrace, do_truncate, OSS, PWC USB video driver, ext2, ext3 file systems as well as various bugs
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OpenVAS | RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0972-01 | 6 Mar 200900:00 | β | openvas |
OpenVAS | CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0972 centos4 x86_64 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | β | openvas |
OpenVAS | CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0972 centos4 x86_64 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | β | openvas |
OpenVAS | CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0972 centos4 i386 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | β | openvas |
OpenVAS | CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0972 centos4 i386 | 27 Feb 200900:00 | β | openvas |
OpenVAS | SLES10: Security update for Linux kernel | 13 Oct 200900:00 | β | openvas |
OpenVAS | SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2008:051 | 23 Jan 200900:00 | β | openvas |
OpenVAS | SuSE Update for kernel SUSE-SA:2008:056 | 23 Jan 200900:00 | β | openvas |
OpenVAS | SLES10: Security update for Linux kernel | 13 Oct 200900:00 | β | openvas |
OpenVAS | SLES9: Security update for Linux kernel | 10 Oct 200900:00 | β | openvas |
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
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# RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0972-01
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# Authors:
# System Generated Check
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# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux
operating system.
* a flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Direct-IO implementation. This
could have allowed a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2007-6716, Important)
* when running ptrace in 31-bit mode on an IBM S/390 or IBM System z
kernel, a local unprivileged user could cause a denial of service by
reading from or writing into a padding area in the user_regs_struct32
structure. (CVE-2008-1514, Important)
* the do_truncate() and generic_file_splice_write() functions did not clear
the setuid and setgid bits. This could have allowed a local unprivileged
user to obtain access to privileged information. (CVE-2008-4210, Important)
* Tobias Klein reported a missing check in the Linux kernel's Open Sound
System (OSS) implementation. This deficiency could have led to an
information leak. (CVE-2008-3272, Moderate)
* a potential denial of service attack was discovered in the Linux kernel's
PWC USB video driver. A local unprivileged user could have used this flaw
to bring the kernel USB subsystem into the busy-waiting state.
(CVE-2007-5093, Low)
* the ext2 and ext3 file systems code failed to properly handle corrupted
data structures, leading to a possible local denial of service issue when
read or write operations were performed. (CVE-2008-3528, Low)
In addition, these updated packages fix the following bugs:
* when using the CIFS "forcedirectio" option, appending to an open file on
a CIFS share resulted in that file being overwritten with the data to be
appended.
* a kernel panic occurred when a device with PCI ID 8086:10c8 was present
on a system with a loaded ixgbe driver.
* due to an aacraid driver regression, the kernel failed to boot when trying
to load the aacraid driver and printed the following error message:
"aac_srb: aac_fib_send failed with status: 8195".
* due to an mpt driver regression, when RAID 1 was configured on Primergy
systems with an LSI SCSI IME 53C1020/1030 controller, the kernel panicked
during boot.
* the mpt driver produced a large number of extraneous debugging messages
when performing a "Host reset" operation.
* due to a regression in the sym driver, the kernel panicked when a SCSI
hot swap was performed using MCP18 hardware.
* all cores on a multi-core system now scale their frequencies in
accordance with the policy set by t ...
Description truncated, for more information please check the Reference URL";
tag_affected = "kernel on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";
if(description)
{
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2008-November/msg00010.html");
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.870088");
script_version("$Revision: 9370 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-04-06 10:53:14 +0200 (Fri, 06 Apr 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-03-06 07:30:35 +0100 (Fri, 06 Mar 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C");
script_xref(name: "RHSA", value: "2008:0972-01");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3272", "CVE-2007-6716", "CVE-2007-5093", "CVE-2008-1514", "CVE-2008-3528", "CVE-2008-4210");
script_name( "RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0972-01");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check for the Version of kernel");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/rhel", "ssh/login/rpms");
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
res = "";
if(release == NULL){
exit(0);
}
if(release == "RHENT_4")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel", rpm:"kernel~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-debuginfo", rpm:"kernel-debuginfo~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-devel", rpm:"kernel-devel~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-hugemem", rpm:"kernel-hugemem~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-hugemem-devel", rpm:"kernel-hugemem-devel~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-smp", rpm:"kernel-smp~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-smp-devel", rpm:"kernel-smp-devel~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xenU", rpm:"kernel-xenU~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xenU-devel", rpm:"kernel-xenU-devel~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-doc", rpm:"kernel-doc~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-largesmp", rpm:"kernel-largesmp~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-largesmp-devel", rpm:"kernel-largesmp-devel~2.6.9~78.0.8.EL", rls:"RHENT_4")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
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