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🗓️ 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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The SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP4 kernel update addresses multiple security and bugfixes including buffer overflow, denial of service, and privilege escalation vulnerabilities

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
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For the PowerPC64 a new 'bigmem' flavor has been added to support big Power machines. (FATE#319026)

The following security bugs were fixed:

- CVE-2016-7042: The proc_keys_show function in security/keys/proc.c in the Linux kernel, when the GNU Compiler Collection (gcc) stack protector is enabled, uses an incorrect buffer size for certain timeout data, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and panic) by reading the /proc/keys file (bnc#1004517).
- CVE-2016-7097: The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allowed local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions (bnc#995968).
- CVE-2015-8956: The rfcomm_sock_bind function in net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via vectors involving a bind system call on a Bluetooth RFCOMM socket (bnc#1003925).
- CVE-2016-7117: Use-after-free vulnerability in the __sys_recvmmsg function in net/socket.c in the Linux kernel allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a recvmmsg system call that is mishandled during error processing (bnc#1003077).
- CVE-2016-0823: The pagemap_open function in fs/proc/task_mmu.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to obtain sensitive physical-address information by reading a pagemap file, aka Android internal bug 25739721 (bnc#994759).
- CVE-2016-7425: The arcmsr_iop_message_xfer function in drivers/scsi/arcmsr/arcmsr_hba.c in the Linux kernel did not restrict a certain length field, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via an ARCMSR_MESSAGE_WRITE_WQBUFFER control code (bnc#999932).
- CVE-2016-3841: The IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel mishandled options data, which allowed local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted sendmsg system call (bnc#992566).
- CVE-2016-6828: The tcp_check_send_head function in include/net/tcp.h in the Linux kernel did not properly maintain certain SACK state after a failed data copy, which allowed local users to cause a denial of service (tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue use-after-free and system crash) via a crafted SACK option (bnc#994296).
- CVE-2016-5696: net/ipv4/tcp_input.c in the Linux kernel did not properly determine the rate of challenge ACK segments, which made it easier for remote attackers to hijack TCP sessions via a blind in-window attack (bnc#989152).
- CVE-2016-6480: Race condition in the ioctl_send_fib function in drivers/scsi/aacraid/commctrl.c in the Linux kernel allowed local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds ... [Please see the references for more information on the vulnerabilities]");

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}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "SLES11.0") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-extra", rpm:"kernel-default-extra~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-pae-extra", rpm:"kernel-pae-extra~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-ppc64-extra", rpm:"kernel-ppc64-extra~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-trace-extra", rpm:"kernel-trace-extra~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-extra", rpm:"kernel-xen-extra~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "SLES11.0SP4") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-bigmem", rpm:"kernel-bigmem~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-bigmem-base", rpm:"kernel-bigmem-base~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-bigmem-devel", rpm:"kernel-bigmem-devel~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default", rpm:"kernel-default~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-base", rpm:"kernel-default-base~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-devel", rpm:"kernel-default-devel~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-default-man", rpm:"kernel-default-man~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-ec2", rpm:"kernel-ec2~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-ec2-base", rpm:"kernel-ec2-base~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-ec2-devel", rpm:"kernel-ec2-devel~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-pae", rpm:"kernel-pae~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-pae-base", rpm:"kernel-pae-base~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-pae-devel", rpm:"kernel-pae-devel~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-ppc64", rpm:"kernel-ppc64~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-ppc64-base", rpm:"kernel-ppc64-base~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-ppc64-devel", rpm:"kernel-ppc64-devel~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-source", rpm:"kernel-source~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-syms", rpm:"kernel-syms~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-trace", rpm:"kernel-trace~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-trace-base", rpm:"kernel-trace-base~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-trace-devel", rpm:"kernel-trace-devel~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen", rpm:"kernel-xen~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-base", rpm:"kernel-xen-base~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"kernel-xen-devel", rpm:"kernel-xen-devel~3.0.101~88.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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